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Yu Darvish reaches 3,000 strikeouts combined in MLB, Japan
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Darvish makes major league debut against Padres - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Yu Darvish to make home debut for Dodgers, 12 years after Lasorda's failed pitch to coax him from Japan - Los Angeles Times