Today the American financial talks among US politicians are still going on.  Yet, no solution for the upcoming default risk of American monetary system is shown.

Are you America really going to see the worst result ?

More seriously, in Japan there is NO media which report this world economy crisis with clear explanation.

2nd of August is silently coming closer.  Why is the Japanese government keeping calm about it ?   I really want to know the real situation we are faced now.

Today’s news is really shocking especially for baseball fans.  The super pitcher of Japan, Hideki Irabu was found dead in Los Angeles.  News added it might be suiside.

Hideki Irabu played in New York Yankees as we all remember.  Before his time in America, Hideo Nomo was featured as the first Japanese big player.  Hideo Nomo made remarkable records in major league baseball of the USA and his brave play style encouraged Japanese people then as we all thought Japanese small size players could not be successful in major league.

After Hideo Nomo’s noble success, such wonderful players as Ichiro, HIdeki Matsui, and more went across the Pacific ocean to the USA and Hideki Irabu was one of the big names who followed Hideo Nomo then.

Hideki Irabu was thought to be more talented in baseball than Hideo Nomo because Irabu had very fast ball and various types of pitching.  Against our expectation, he didn’t make such big success compared to Hideo Nomo although he became one of the famous players in the USA then.

Fans like us thought Hideki Irabu had problems in his character. He sometimes went outside of the team play harmony and often talked against team, supervisors, media and sometimes to fans.

After he retired baseball,  it seems that he tried to run restaurants in L.A.  News says it was not really successful.  He seems to have struggled much in both baseball life and in the rest of his life.

It’s really sad to see such era symbol player’s decadence and the death.  Irabu always carried a burden in his mind.  I often thought like that when I saw his play or his life although I didn’t know what it was.  Probably he needed to obey to its fatal burden after all.

Rest in Peace, Great Pitcher.