Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish on Saturday criticized Japan's high school baseball system's failure to protect young ballplayers.Darvish, himself a nationally famous former high school pitching star, spoke at Milwaukee's Miller Park about the controversy surrounding one high school holding back its best pitcher on Thursday, when it lost a chance to reach Japan's prestigious national summer finals.In Iwate Prefecture's tournament final, Ofunato High School's manager Yohei Kokubo benched flame-throwing senior Roki Sasaki after he threw 129 pitches the day before. Kokubo has been criticized b…READ FULL ARTICLE
