Hideki Irabu’s Yankee career famously did not go great. He lasted just three seasons with the team, and was the subject of a fairly rude comment from George Steinbrenner.
Yet, throughout the early part of the 1998 season, you might’ve thought hat he was on his way to a nice major league career. You could’ve made an argument for him as an All-Star based on his first half of 1998, as he went into the break with a 2.91 ERA in 86.2 innings.
However, as the season wore on, he got worse, and unfortunately that continued in a big way on this day in 1998.