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Sports › Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates

The budget-conscious Tampa Bay Rays saved some money when they traded Japanese infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. The Rays held a… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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01 Sep 08 visit You Make The Call with T-MAC Mcgrath  »  YouTube videoThomas, Gabe, and I at the You Make the Call booth at a Rays game The player Thomas is referring to is Akinori Iwamura, but he calls him Hiroshima Hitchiababu
19 May 09 visit Sports › Iwamura drives in 3 runs as Rays rout A's  »  Japan Today Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in a 13-4 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Monday. Iwamura had a…
01 May 09 visit Sports › Iwamura gets 2 hits, 2 RBIs as Rays beat Red Sox  »  Japan Today Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in a 13-0 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. Iwamura had…
30 May 09 visit Sports › Injured Iwamura optimistic about future with Rays  »  Japan Today Out for the season, Tampa Bay second baseman Akinori Iwamura is already looking forward to 2010. Iwamura tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left…
07 Oct 08 visit Sports › Iwamura gets 2 hits as Rays reach ALS vs Red Sox  »  Japan Today Akinori Iwamura had two hits and scored a run as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Monday to advance to the…
30 May 08 visit Sports › Iwamura extends streak as Rays fall to White Sox  »  Japan Today Akinori Iwamura extended his multi-hit streak to four games with a 2-for-5 showing Thursday but the Tampa Bay Rays suffered only their third home loss…

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