oregon state baseball - The 25th-ranked Oregon State baseball team's game with California

Ben Wetzler 

BERKELEY, Calif. - The 25th-ranked Oregon State baseball team's game with California Friday at Evans Diamond has been moved to a noon start due to inclement weather in the Bay Area.

The contest is the first ever Pac-12 Conference matchup as the teams are scheduled to play the first league game on Friday - the rest of the Pac-12 plays a night schedule. 

The clubs will continue the series at 1 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.

Each of the three games will be available on the Beaver Sports Radio Network and Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com). For a full listing of stations, visit the baseball page on osubeavers.com. 

For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/Beaver_Baseball or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball. 

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Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead at his California home yesterday.

Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead at his California home yesterday.  The initial reports came from the Japanese paper, Asahi Shimbum, and his death has since been confirmed by the New York Yankees. Suicide by hanging is suspected.

Irabu has had a troubled post-baseball career. He was arrested in Gardena, California last year for drunk driving.  Back in 2008 he was arrested for assaulting a bar manager in Japan after allegedly consuming 20 glasses of beer.

After achieving stardom in Japan, Irabu’s contract was purchased by the San Diego Padres in early 1997.  Irabu wanted no part of San Diego, however, and a trade to the Yankees was arranged.  Irabu earned World Series rings with the Yankees in both 1998 and 1999, but he fell far short of expectations and drew the ire of George Steinbrenner who famously dubbed him the “fat toad.”  The Yankees shipped him off to Montreal for Jake Westrbook following the 1999 season. He lasted two seasons with the Expos and one season with the Rangers before retiring after the 2002 season.  Matthew Pouliot has a more thorough analysis of Irabu’s career here.

We’ll update with more information when it becomes available.  For now, however, it appears to be a sad end to a troubled life.