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Top Bidder For Darvish To Be Announced Tonight

By Tim Dierkes | December 19, 2011 at 10:04pm CDT

10:04pm: A Darvish announcement of some sort appears to be coming in about ten minutes, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca (on Twitter)

8:42pm: MLB won't announce which team won the bidding until Nippon announces that it accepted the bid (assuming the team accepts), Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News clarifies (on Twitter).  The Fighters do not know the identity of the team that won the bid.

6:15pm: The Fighters have "definitely" decided to accept the winning bid, Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com tweets.

4:04pm: No firm time is set for the announcement, according to Morosi (Twitter links).  He notes that MLB officials are still waiting for word from Darvish's team and adds that it's just 7am in Japan.

7:40am: The Nippon Ham Fighters will announce their acceptance of the high bidder and the winning team for Yu Darvish tonight, tweets Danny Knobler of CBS Sports, referencing agent Don Nomura.  Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports notes that the announcement will be around 7-8pm central time.  Rumors so far suggest the Blue Jays or Rangers won the bid at an amount exceeding $51MM.

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75 Comments

  1. Japanson

    14 years ago

    Nippon Ham Fighters calender was relased yesterday andit contains a picture of Darvish. That means he stays at Nippon ham.

    Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      Nah………..!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Reply
    • ray1

      14 years ago

      The Ham Fighters already said they’d accept the highest bid.

      Reply
      • DickHarden

        14 years ago

        And apparently won’t say who that is.

        Reply
        • omega369

          14 years ago

          Dick, it is not polite in Japan to ‘hurry-up’ stuff. It shows disrespect to the club and the player.

          Reply
  2. Clayton Zoellner

    14 years ago

    Just a note: There are 6,371,773 people in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro area.

    Reply
  3. S

    14 years ago

    Congratulations to the Jays, if this is true:
    “Kevin Gray
    Breaking: Announcement has been delayed… It’s coming. Blue Jays won the bid for Yu Darvish.”Even as a Yankees fan, I think this a great move for not only the league, but should make AL matchups more interesting next season.

    Reply
    • Encarnacion's Parrot

      14 years ago

      Saw that too. Anthopoulos is supposed to hold a press conference.. 30 minutes ago haha.

      Reply
    • blurnandez

      14 years ago

      How the heck could the beat writer for the New Hampshire Fishercats have any insider information? 

      Reply
  4. start_wearing_purple

    14 years ago

    She pays more on her daily trip to a fast food restaurant than the Fighters will be getting in a posting fee for Darvish.

    Reply
  5. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    Jon Paul Morosi is a liar.

    Reply
  6. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    I see white smoke!!

    Reply
  7. KyleB

    14 years ago

    Idk, I suck at jokes.

    Reply
  8. Antiks

    14 years ago

    I wish they would just announce the winner already so the Canadians can go back to watching HGTV and leave the discussing of baseball to people who know the game. 

    Reply
    • DickHarden

      14 years ago

      That was colder than Canada.

      Reply
    • JP Legault

      14 years ago

      I wish they would just announce the winner already so the Americans can go back to doing their drive-by shootings and leave the discussing of baseball to people who know the game.

      Reply
      • Antiks

        14 years ago

        At least make it funny.

        Reply
        • JP Legault

          14 years ago

          I figured I would make it realistic.

          Reply
      • TJC...CFFL

        14 years ago

        BRAVO! BRAVO! ………go watch some hockey or something…

        Reply
        • JP Legault

          14 years ago

          Shouldn’t you be watching American Idol or some other reality tv show?

          Reply
          • TJC...CFFL

            14 years ago

            Its the X Factor…get up to date…

            Reply
      • DickHarden

        14 years ago

        At least humans are deadly game. Only wimps hunt maple trees.

        Reply
        • JP Legault

          14 years ago

          We hunt beavers. 🙂

          Reply
          • DickHarden

            14 years ago

            I thought you preferred Pujols.

            Reply
      • BeenThereDoneIt

        14 years ago

        I wish they would just announce the winner already so the Americans can go back to eating their Big Macs and getting fat and leave the discussing of baseball to people who know the game.     

        Reply
        • TJC...CFFL

          14 years ago

          Hey, leave Big Macs out of this bro…

          Reply
        • DickHarden

          14 years ago

          I wish they would just announce the winner already so the Canadians go back to riding our coattails and leave the discussing of baseball to people who know the game.     

          Reply
    • ice_hawk1002

      14 years ago

      wheww… now we`re offended

      Reply
    • blurnandez

      14 years ago

      lol…easy there, sweetheart.

      Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      One word: Votto. Another? Walker. Still Another? Jenkins. And many more.

      Reply
      • JP Legault

        14 years ago

        You are expecting an American to know that? They couldn’t even point out their neighbour state on a map!

        Reply
        • MB923

          14 years ago

          Ayyyyy?

          Reply
  9. LanceKlein

    14 years ago

    lol

    Reply
  10. LanceKlein

    14 years ago

    Its getting really hard to read your comment.

    Reply
  11. PattySajak

    14 years ago

    Bumblebee Tuna?

    Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      Patty, go away …..as you can see below, this is an intelligent conversation. 🙂

      Reply
  12. TJC...CFFL

    14 years ago

    We should have a battle royal between Americans and their guns vs. a Canadian mob.

    Reply
  13. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    Blame Canada!

    Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      Yeah Canada…….the hope of the future for the USA …….. think: resources.
      Oh yeah, and ideas about setting up a ‘just and caring society’. It is time America. Go Bruins!

      Reply
      • PattySajak

        14 years ago

        Wheres the line to sign up for a sub prime mortgage I can’t afford?

        Reply
  14. TJC...CFFL

    14 years ago

    Its not a good comeback if you use it more than once on one thread.

    Reply
  15. Hal_Jordan77

    14 years ago

    I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that the mystery team is Houston.

    The Houston Rockets

    Reply
  16. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    We’ll give you back Jim Carrey and Pam Anderson if we can have Yu.

    Reply
    • PattySajak

      14 years ago

      YU READY FOR SOME YU JAYS BASEBALL

      Reply
      • DickHarden

        14 years ago

        SCREW YU!!

        Reply
        • PattySajak

          14 years ago

          Gotta be more Darvish then that!

          Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      Pammy is done like dinner. No deal.

      Reply
      • DickHarden

        14 years ago

        She was a throw in.

        Reply
  17. Kinger

    14 years ago

    So when’s this getting announced, so it can finally be over with lol…

    Reply
  18. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    That’s because everyone likes BJ’s.

    Reply
    • TJC...CFFL

      14 years ago

      *Peter Griffen laugh*

      Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      It’s a guy thing, eh, DICK?

      Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      BTW: Announcement within 10 minutes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

      Reply
    • omega369

      14 years ago

      RANGERS

      Reply
  19. Runtime

    14 years ago

    TORONTO YU JAYS

    Reply
  20. FacelessGeneralManager

    14 years ago

    OMG!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  21. johnsmith4

    14 years ago

    Hmmm….Shi Dvidi from Rogers Sportnet reports announcement coming in minutes…Doesn’t Rogers own Blue Jays?

    Reply
  22. FacelessGeneralManager

    14 years ago

    AMERICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Reply
  23. DT Flush234

    14 years ago

    The Texas Rangers have won the posting auction of Japanese right-hander
    Yu Darvish with a record $51.7M bid, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

    Reply
    • johnsmith4

      14 years ago

      Wow…huge bid

      Reply
    • dylanp5030

      14 years ago

      So much for ur previous pOst huh?

      Reply
  24. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    Figures…

    Reply
  25. DickHarden

    14 years ago

    Hopefully he loses them the World Series.

    Reply
  26. Guest 5712

    14 years ago

    Yu darkish says HE will choose his team, not YU!

    Reply
  27. tdot32

    14 years ago

    yeah, i made the mistake and immediately corrected it. you do know “because we capitalize” is the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard right?

    Reply
    • Brad426

      14 years ago

      then you didn’t read enough of this thread…

      Reply
  28. genius.gm.on.mlb.the.show

    14 years ago

    hahaha he is 100% right, you claiming hes elite already is strange, no facts to back it up. Dont care if he dominated japanese hitters

    Reply
  29. BooJays33

    14 years ago

    it takes a big man/woman to admit their mistake so you have my respect on that.

    Reply

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