Nippon Ham to Texas Beef

[El Supremo]

$111.7 million total payment for Yu Darvish from the Rangers.!

[hughee99]

1. He looked great in the WBC,

but then, so did Dice-k. I predict early success, followed by sophomore struggles. With some good coaching, and Texas seems to handle pitchers pretty well now, he should be able to make the necessary adjustments and be at least a #2 starter (if not #1) with the stuff he has.

[El Supremo]

2. Not the best choice of t-shirts to wear. I bet he pays Timmy L. a visit soon.

Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish arrives at the departure gate of Narita Interational Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, to leave for Dallas Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Darvish will play for the Texas Rangers, who scouted him for more than two years and then needed nearly every minute of a 30-day negotiating window before finalizing a $60 million, six-year contract Wednesday.

[bluedigger]

4. Are you kidding me?

THAT'S the shirt he wore to Texas!?!

[El Supremo]

3. He arrives!

[Scurrilous]

5. I wonder how long he spent going through security?

TSA agent (donning rubber gloves): "Survive this!"

[El Supremo]

6. And he's on the mound!