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Club officials and the agents for Yu Darvish worked late into the night Tuesday in an attempt put the finishing touches on a deal that would put the Japanese star pitcher in a Texas Rangers uniform.
The deadline to sign Darvish arrives at 4 p.m. today, the end point of a 30-day window to reach an agreement after the Rangers won the rights to negotiate with Darvish by bidding $51.7 million last month.
Arn Tellem and Don Nomura, who represent Darvish, were at Rangers Ballpark on Tuesday with a group of Rangers officials headed by general manager Jon Daniels.
Team president Nolan Ryan was out of town on a prior obligation but was due back to town this morning.
Joining the agents and club brass were an estimated 20 media members from Japan. They stood...
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