In the world of professional baseball, you never want to say ‘never’, regardless of how paradoxical that statement really is. However, some news coming out of Japan is making many baseball experts wondering on the truth of that statement. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com tweeted the following:
Reliever Hideki Okajima, who turns 40 Christmas Day, trying to land a job in MLB after 2 seasons in Japan. Former #redsox
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) December 8, 2015
Tom Caron of NESN had mentioned those sentiments earlier in the week:
Told by agent @joro24 Hideki Okajima wants to return to US after he in Japan.