Despite 12 years in professional baseball, Yoshihisa Hirano said Tuesday he is ready to adopt the mindset of a rookie when he joins the Arizona Diamondbacks next spring.The free-agent closer of the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Pacific League, Hirano recently agreed to a two-year deal with the Phoenix-based National League club. Speaking to a press conference in Osaka, the right-hander said his 156 career saves, the 13th most in Nippon Professional Baseball history, are irrelevant as far as his transition to the major leagues goes."I will set aside my history in Japan, intent on going as a rook…READ FULL ARTICLE
