New York Yankees lefty pitcher Kei Igawa made a less-than-spectacular major league debut at home on April 7, giving up seven runs in five innings against the Baltimore Orioles, though he was bailed out and saved from taking a loss by Alex Rodriguez, whose "sayonara" grand slam eventually won it for the Bronx Bombers.
Igawa left the game with a 12.60 ERA (ouch!), and the Yankee Stadium crowd was not so kind to their newest import from the Far East.
Tokyo's 1950s rock-and-roller Jimmy Angel, a die-hard supporter of the pin-stripers, says he's afraid the former Hanshin Tigers southpaw may be booed out of the Big Apple if he has another outing like that at home.