A few days ago Shingo Takatsu was a canadate for our “Remembering for no reason at all” feature and on Friday he was signing a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs.
Takatsu who earned the nickname “Mr. Zero” because he has not given up a single run in 11 Japan Series championship games had spent two years [...]
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