Found February 11, 2009 on Bugs & Cranks:
Word comes that Devil Rays superstar second baseman Akinori Iwamura took to the mound to throw some practice pitches for the Japan WBC team.  It was reported as a response to countryman Ichiro’s flirtation with pitching, but there may have been another motive. The Tribune’s Marc Lancaster reports the locker next to Iwamura has been given [...]
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