Veteran southpaw Tsuyoshi Wada has decided to retire after 22 years in professional baseball, the Pacific League champion SoftBank Hawks said Tuesday.The 43-year-old posted a 160-89 record with a 3.18 ERA over 334 games with the Hawks, his only club in Japan, while he was 5-5 over two seasons from 2014 with the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball."I felt strongly this year that my role as a player was coming to an end," Wada told a press conference at Mizuho PayPay Dome, the Hawks' home ballpark. "Toward the end, I was thinking my body was getting worn out."Wada joined the then Daiei Hawk…READ FULL ARTICLE
