Munenori Kawasaki spent parts of five seasons in the majors with the Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, and Blue Jays. It was north of the border the quirky Kawasaki became a folk hero and notorious for providing hilarious interviews in broken English.
The infielder offered a translated statement in regards to the injury which appears to be an autonomic nervous disorder and although Kawasaki won’t officially retire from the game, you would have to figure Father Time is unfortunately not on the 36-year old’s side.
“I have been rehabilitating since the summer of last year but at the same time it became a disease of autonomic nervousness and it began to refuse to move my body.