Dennis Sarfate, an American who holds Japan's single-season saves record and is the only imported player to win the prestigious Matsutaro Shoriki Award for the greatest contribution to Japanese pro baseball, announced Saturday he was done playing.Writing on his Facebook account, the 39-year-old SoftBank Hawks pitcher announced he had played his last game after deciding to go ahead with hip replacement surgery."After 20 years of professional baseball...I have played in my last game," he wrote. "I thought it would be an easy comeback but two-plus years later, 11 injections and countless physi…READ FULL ARTICLE
