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Lucchino says MLB not an easy move for Japanese players

Baseball / MLB Feb 4, 2016

Lucchino says MLB not an easy move for Japanese players

by Jason Coskrey

Larry Lucchino is very comfortable in Japan and it's no wonder why. Lucchino presided over one of the most successful periods in the history of the Boston Red Sox franchise, as the team's president and CEO from 2002-2015, and many of the Japanese players ...

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