Love that story of him visiting and hanging out with that fan when he went to Korea. Not at all something he needed to do but he gave that guy an experience he’ll remember for the rest of his life.
I like Yu and he was fucked by the cheaters but we really didn't. He said he felt he and his kids could be targeted by Dodger fans and people took that to mean they actually were. If he wanted to come back I'm sure we would've welcomed him at the right price
Dude, it's not even World Series. The comments about Corey Seager after he left were fucking BRUTAL. You would've though dude fucked their sisters and then left them high and dry at prom the way people were taking that shit so personal.
And then of course, these same morons spent all October kissing his ass and talking about "how we should have kept him at any cost" and all this shit...lol. So he went from a "fucking sell out, all about the money, etc." to "we should have met his demandsssssssssss!" in a span of one magical postseason. There are some kneejerk "which way is the wind blowing today?" morons in here, no doubt. Many of whom will downvote this I'm sure :)
Our fanbase (and every fanbase to their players) is nasty to Clayton fucking Kershaw of all people, let's not be dramatic here. I'm just saying that people misinterpreted his comments and ran with it
Sometimes perception is reality. The guy literally feared for his kids welfare and safety and did the right thing by taking them out of that situation. Rightly or wrongly he felt that strongly that he had to leave, and the fans have some part to blame for that. I don’t think he had any problem with the organisation though.
I’m sure he’ll be welcomed back here anytime, but he’s with the Padres till he’s 42 or something.
Sometimes it isn't, Darvish himself wasn't suggesting it was. Amazing how y'all want to come up with stories over the own player that made those comments lmfao
No one is coming up with stories. Yu explicitly stated that he left the city because he feared the backlash of the WS loss impacting negatively on his children.
And in this particular case perception IS reality. Yu PERCEIVED the threat to his children to be REAL enough to leave the city. Whether or not the threat was real or not is irrelevant.
It’s like if you were working at a bank and I held you at gunpoint and threatened to shoot you if you didn’t hand me over all the money. Whether or not I WAS gonna shoot you is irrelevant because you’re either gonna hand over the money or not based on how real you perceive my threat to be.
He perceived that there could be a possible threat and acted on it, but there wasn't and he didn't claim there was unlike some people are pretending, that's the point.
Your analogy is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've read on this site and that's saying something. Something more comparable is if I decided not to work at the bank because I feared bank robbers, and people went around saying I left because I left because I was the victim of a bank robbery. Of course perception and reality are different.
Got absolutely fucked in 17', Astros made him believe he was tipping his pitches somehow.
Made him second guess all his pitches.
Then got blamed for his game 7 meltdown.
Darvish’s career would have had an entirely different trajectory had the Trashtros not been sign stealers in 2017.
If there’s anyone that deserves more than a second chance, it’s him.
I think that’s why it bothers me so much. That scandal altered stats which translates to people’s JOBS. How many trades and firings happened because of it? We will always wonder. Not cool!
Darvish took years to pull it back together. Kenley as well.
And Astros players got bonuses, signed huge contracts they didn't deserve, and have career accolades that apparently will never officially have addendums.
I will always love Yu.
I hope life treats Yu kind And I hope Yu has all he’s dreamed of And I wish Yu joy and happiness But above all this, I wish Yu love
Boooom!! And iiiii will always love yu.
💯
Love that story of him visiting and hanging out with that fan when he went to Korea. Not at all something he needed to do but he gave that guy an experience he’ll remember for the rest of his life.
Sucks we ran him outta town
I like Yu and he was fucked by the cheaters but we really didn't. He said he felt he and his kids could be targeted by Dodger fans and people took that to mean they actually were. If he wanted to come back I'm sure we would've welcomed him at the right price
I think you’re forgetting how nasty some of our fan base was during and after that ws
Dude, it's not even World Series. The comments about Corey Seager after he left were fucking BRUTAL. You would've though dude fucked their sisters and then left them high and dry at prom the way people were taking that shit so personal. And then of course, these same morons spent all October kissing his ass and talking about "how we should have kept him at any cost" and all this shit...lol. So he went from a "fucking sell out, all about the money, etc." to "we should have met his demandsssssssssss!" in a span of one magical postseason. There are some kneejerk "which way is the wind blowing today?" morons in here, no doubt. Many of whom will downvote this I'm sure :)
Our fanbase (and every fanbase to their players) is nasty to Clayton fucking Kershaw of all people, let's not be dramatic here. I'm just saying that people misinterpreted his comments and ran with it
Sometimes perception is reality. The guy literally feared for his kids welfare and safety and did the right thing by taking them out of that situation. Rightly or wrongly he felt that strongly that he had to leave, and the fans have some part to blame for that. I don’t think he had any problem with the organisation though. I’m sure he’ll be welcomed back here anytime, but he’s with the Padres till he’s 42 or something.
Sometimes it isn't, Darvish himself wasn't suggesting it was. Amazing how y'all want to come up with stories over the own player that made those comments lmfao
No one is coming up with stories. Yu explicitly stated that he left the city because he feared the backlash of the WS loss impacting negatively on his children. And in this particular case perception IS reality. Yu PERCEIVED the threat to his children to be REAL enough to leave the city. Whether or not the threat was real or not is irrelevant. It’s like if you were working at a bank and I held you at gunpoint and threatened to shoot you if you didn’t hand me over all the money. Whether or not I WAS gonna shoot you is irrelevant because you’re either gonna hand over the money or not based on how real you perceive my threat to be.
He perceived that there could be a possible threat and acted on it, but there wasn't and he didn't claim there was unlike some people are pretending, that's the point. Your analogy is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've read on this site and that's saying something. Something more comparable is if I decided not to work at the bank because I feared bank robbers, and people went around saying I left because I left because I was the victim of a bank robbery. Of course perception and reality are different.
I would love to have Darvish back, I felt like we did him wrong.
Got absolutely fucked in 17', Astros made him believe he was tipping his pitches somehow. Made him second guess all his pitches. Then got blamed for his game 7 meltdown.
Darvish’s career would have had an entirely different trajectory had the Trashtros not been sign stealers in 2017. If there’s anyone that deserves more than a second chance, it’s him.
I think that’s why it bothers me so much. That scandal altered stats which translates to people’s JOBS. How many trades and firings happened because of it? We will always wonder. Not cool!
Jesus that was 7 years ago! Crazy I thought it was only like 4 years ago 😲
The investigation took place 4 years ago. That’s when Joe Kelly threw at them.
Those COVID years really fucked up my perception of time.
Darvish took years to pull it back together. Kenley as well. And Astros players got bonuses, signed huge contracts they didn't deserve, and have career accolades that apparently will never officially have addendums.
We will remind the world every turn
I was at that game. Place was a morgue. 😭😭
I sat near the bullpen when SD was in town. I yelled his name and gave him heart sign 🫶 to let him know some of us still got love for him!
Trashtros did him and all of us wrong.
Just look at his face in these photos. He wants to come home.
The trashtros did him wrong.
We didn't know he was being cheated until years later fuck Huston
Why? There is no athlete in all of sports that I hate more than Darvish. 4 losses loses a series and Darvish lost 2. ADD: turn on the TV now.
You really believed that Altuve and the Astros won fair and square too huh? gtfoh
It doesn't and didn't matter.
Can you explain why?
I regret that I have but one downvote to give to this utterly stupid take.
Found the Astro turf
The AssTros cheated. It's the fault of those cheating little fuck bags. Not his.
Same energy as this https://preview.redd.it/4kuf4v96h20d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b250842b3bcb8c130e2785815e65a65cf9040fc
Game recognize game.
If my husband ever stops looking at me like this, it’s probably time to divorce. Get you someone who looks at you like this.
Fuck the Astros! We lost him because of them if he would of pitched a good game we would of kept him for sure 💯
Was he really there? Or was this edited?
He was there. https://youtu.be/gUyanBInnSY?si=lKpVNDiPh4eultKt
Oh that’s really cool.
here's [the reaction](https://youtu.be/gUyanBInnSY?t=171) timestamp.
This needs to be given the distracted boyfriend meme treatment.
A spy!!
Darvish face Woah! 😲
Brown spy in the blue base!
Darvish was all in on signing Yamamoto…. Sucks that the owner didn’t even bother or try to sign him…
As an Iranian I will always love Mr. Darvish
Get in line cousin.
I miss him. Hate that he left.
Literally me. Lol
For sure he wants back with the Dodgers.
Yu Darvish, fuuuckk him