{"id":16820,"date":"2014-02-10T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-02-10T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T18:02:08","slug":"Yankees-Tanaka-drops-195K-on-flight-to-NYC","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16820","title":{"rendered":"Yankees\u2019 Tanaka drops $195K on flight to NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Must be nice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Yankees\u2019 new Japanese pitching ace geared up for spring training by chartering a massive, luxury passenger plane to fly him to New York \u2014 along with his pet dog.<\/p>\n

Masahiro Tanaka reportedly shelled out $195,000 for the one-way flight from Tokyo on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner<\/strong>, which seats more than 200 passengers.<\/p>\n

But the airliner was empty except for Tanaka\u2019s party of five, which included his wife and brown Toy Poodle, according to AFP, which cited Japanese news reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a (chartered) private jet. It\u2019s not something the Yankees have prepared,\u201d Tanaka told reporters at Japan\u2019s Narita Airport on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Tanaka, who recently signed a seven-year, $155 million contract with the Bronx Bombers, is set to introduce himself at a Yankee Stadium news conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He chartered the plane so he would arrive at spring training \u201cin the best of form,\u201d according to a Japanese baseball official who was with him for the flight.<\/p>\n

Japan Airlines confirmed Tanaka flew on one of its 787s but wouldn\u2019t comment further.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in leading the Rakuten Golden Eagles to a title in Japan, inciting a major league bidding war that the Yankees won.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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