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Dodgers' Roki Sasaki has abandoned search for his old self

New York Post·Dylan Hernandez·about 1 month ago
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He’s called off the search. Roki Sasaki has abandoned his efforts to find Roki Sasaki . Sasaki returned to the mound a new pitcher on Saturday, a non-verbal acknowledgement that the Roki Sasaki of three or four years ago is gone, possibly forever. For anyone who watched Sasaki dominate the Japanese league as a 20- or 21-year-old, the way he pitched in the Dodgers’ 12-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs had to evoke feelings of sadness. Sasaki returned to the mound a new pitcher on Saturday, a non-verbal acknowledgement that the Roki Sasaki of three or four years ago is gone, possibly forever. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect A dream was dying in real time. The pitcher with the 100-mph fastball and vanishing forkball who looked destined to become Japan’s first Cy Young Award winner was replaced by a pragmatist who sacrificed his best weapons in a desperate effort to just remain in the Dodgers’ rotation.…

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