We get to this point every offseason. Some big free agent is still out there and we hear that they like the west coast. Or the east coast. Or their wife does. Or they want to be where they grew up. Or they want to be where they can fly home to wherever they call home quicker. Or they like spring in Florida as opposed to Arizona or vice-versa. So it is with Masahiro Tanaka:
Consensus in Japan right now is that Yankees and Dodgers are favorites on Tanaka and word is his wife prefers to be on West Coast.
— David Waldstein (@DavidWaldstein) January 13, 2014
But supposedly his wife has said “it’s a goal, not a mandate.”
— David Waldstein (@DavidWaldstein) January 13, 2014
My wife wanted to be in Ohio when I graduated law school, so to Ohio we went. Nearly sixteen years later I’m still here. And I’m not married anymore. Maybe I shoulda just followed the money?
I bet that’s what Tanaka does.