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DIED. JOE BLACK, 78, Brooklyn Dodgers right-hander who was National League Rookie of the Year in 1952, when he became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game; of prostate cancer; in Scottsdale, Ariz. Black was playing in the Negro Leagues when the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson...
Kazuhisa Ishii was seen walking around the Los Angeles Dodgers' camp with a wad of bubble gum in his mouth. Catcher Paul Lo Duca noticed this and asked the former Japan League All-Star if he had taken a special liking to American gum. "Actually, he says it's horrible...
The 28-year-old Ishii, who spent 10 seasons with the Yakult Swallows before signing a four-year, $12.8 million contract with L.A. in February, is the latest in a line of foreign-born Dodgers pitchers whose talent has lost nothing in the translation. He follows in the footsteps of...
With four pitches?fastball, curve, slider and splitter?that he can throw for strikes, Ishii has quickly gained the respect of some of the game's Elite hitters. "I got one pitch I felt I could hit, and I popped it up," 2000 National League batting champ Todd Helton of...
Ishii is more easily distracted when he's not on the mound. He was being interviewed in the dugout before a game recently when he noticed a group of attractive young women on the field posing for pictures with some of his teammates. The reporter assured him the interview would...