The Best Cardinal I Ever Saw? Here's Why Albert Pujols Stands Above All Others

On the Bernie Show this week, we’ve hit some fungoes. Just keeping loose, putting the work in, trying to stay sharp, and giving listeners topics that are relevant and interesting. Subjects that qualify as happy nostalgia.

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-6-17: Randy Arozarena Singles, Homers, & Drives In Five Runs; Niko Vasquez Doubles Twice, Walks, & Knocks In Three Runs; Yadier Molina Not Ruling Out Being A MLB Manager

Cardinals Winter League

Blue Jays Doing All They Can To Be Prepared For Shohei Otani Sweepstakes

The less-than-illustrious list of Japanese-born players to suit up for the Toronto Blue Jays runs from Micheal Nakamura in 2004 to Nori Aoki this year, bookending the service of Tomo Ohka, Ryota Igarashi and enduring fan favourite Munenori Kawasaki. Left-hander Ken Takahashi, the only player signed directly from the Land of The Rising Sun, on a minor-league deal at that, made it through a month of spring training before he was released. A revered pantheon of franchise heroes it is not.

Sportsnet Canada

Tomo Ohka To Retire

Tomokazu Oka, who won 51 major league games after being cast aside as a failure in Nippon Professional Baseball, has decided to retire, an informed source said Monday.

Kyodo News

Orioles Released Tomo Ohka

Right-handed knuckleballer Tomokazu Ohka, who joined the Baltimore Orioles on a minor league contract in December, has been released by the American League club, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.

Kyodo News

Orioles Signed Tomo Ohka To Minors Deal

Roch Kubatko Twitter

Tomo Ohka Attempting Comeback In MLB

Yakyubaka

Former Cardinals Listed On 2016 BC League Rosters

Tomo Okha (former Memphis) - Fukushima

Fukushima Signs Tomo Ohka For Remainder Of 2015 Season

Yakyubaka

Leaderboarding: Best MLB Players From Japan

On Friday, our own Jon Heyman confirmed that veteran right-hander Hiroki Kuroda will leave MLB and return to Japan to pitch for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 2015, his former team. He spent the first 11 seasons of his career wth Hiroshima before coming over to MLB to pitch for the Dodgers (2008-11) and Yankees (2012-14).

CBS Sports

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-19-14: Roberto Canache Strikes Out Two Over Two Hitless/Scoreless Innings; Nick Greenwood Pitches Two Hitless/Scoreless Innings For The Win; Amaury Cazana Singles, Doubles, & Drives In One Run

Cardinals Winter League

Bridgeport Signs Joe Mather For 2014 Season

The Bluefish believe they have found the player they need to fill the void in the lineup that was created when left fielder Brandon Boggs was signed by the Atlanta Braves May 15. They have agreed to terms with former big leaguer Joe Mather.

News Times

Bridgeport Activates Tomo Ohka

Bridgeport Official Twitter

Bridgeport Signs Tomo Ohka For 2014 Season

Ken Shepherd Official Twitter

Brian Broderick (Diamondbacks), Ryan Kulik (Rockies), & Joe Thurston (Brewers) All Given Releases

Baseball America

Blue Jays Release Tomo Ohka

Gideon Turk Twitter

Tomo Ohka Needs More Work On Knuckleball, Blue Jays Reassign To Minors Camp

Richard Griffin Twitter

Colby Rasmus Drives In A Pair To Back Mark Buehrle Vs. Pirates

Colby Rasmus had a pair of RBIs and Munenori Kawasaki collected two hits as the Blue Jays remained undefeated this spring with a 4-2 victory over the Pirates on Friday afternoon at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.

Toronto Official Site

How New-Found Knuckleballer Tomo Ohka Saved His Pitching Career

Tomo Ohka reached into his equipment bag before a recent workout. His glove was there and so was his ball, but he couldn’t find what he was digging around for. He ran inside and after a few minutes, reappeared with the missing tool — a file for his fingernails.

Toronto Star

Blue Jays Officially Sign Tomo Ohka To Minors Deal

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