{"id":140078,"date":"2021-04-15T17:10:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140078&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:10:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:10:45","slug":"pitcher-nick-martinez-joins-softbank-hawks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/pitcher-nick-martinez-joins-softbank-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitcher Nick Mart\u00ednez Joins Softbank Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Softbank Hawks baseball team welcomed former major leaguer, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softbankhawks.co.jp\/team\/player\/detail\/2021_37.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nick Andres Mart\u00ednez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to their team. The 30-year-old pitcher from America played on the Nippon Ham Fighters for three seasons from 2018. At a press conference on Apr. 13, Mart\u00ednez sounded eager to contribute to the Hawks\u2019 continued winning as one of the team\u2019s starters. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softbankhawks.co.jp\/news\/detail\/00004252.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SoftBank Hawks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkansports.com\/baseball\/news\/202104130000462.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkan Sports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RH2_00901.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RH2_00901.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RH2_00901.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RH2_00901.jpg?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RH2_00901.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Copyright \u00a9\ufe0eFukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp. 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