[srruss]

Another one that fell from grace quickly and the pressure mounted.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/...california

[michaelstepper]

heard about it on espn. after sports what did he have? After basically failing and being called a fat toad by stienbrenner. 2 other stops in the bigs, not sure but I don't think anythings worth taking your own life and i've been down the severely depressed road before.

[waynetalger]

I heard Suicide on the radio.

[yankeeempire]

Thats a shame. I had hoped he would have been a great yankees pitcher when he was with us. Well atleast i have his cards and atleast he wore the pinstripes..R.I.P Hideki Irabu

[dkotart]

I heard Suicide on the radio.

+1 that's the story I heard also.

[homerjg007]

yes, very sad. Sounds like he has had a tough time the last few years

[happy14027]

It's a hard thing to deal with when someone says their my kids, like there property and you don't get to see them-To most fathers, kids mean as much to them as they do to their mothers who sometimes never get to see that because they are so vendictive. A so-so carreer and then she did that (holding back on seeing kids) -he was hurting.

[sesfan01]

I read the story on mlb.com the other day and they think it's suicide. Sad to hear.