I totally missed out on this news, but as Chuck and Jim pointed out in the comments on the review of Kevin Cron, the AAA slugger whose “rights were bought by a Japanese team” signed for the Hiroshima Carp. It will be interesting to see how that pans out, since the team of former Dodger Kenta Maeda plays in the Central League where there is no DH.
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[Yahoo Sports] Former Rays prospect Brandon Martin gets life in prison after murdering three people with baseball bat
The Martin family was reportedly having a security system installed on the day of the murder.