Iwakuma: Because I wanted to

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Iwakuma: Because I wanted to</h1>
                <h2><p>Hisashi Iwakuma told a press conference late this morning that he re-signed with the Seattle Mariners because he felt loved and wanted here. As Art Thiel of Sportspress Northwest reported, his return late Thursday came on the very day he flunked a physical with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>Hisashi Iwakuma told a press conference late this morning that he re-signed with the Seattle Mariners because he felt loved and wanted here. As Art Thiel of <a href="http://sportspressnw.com/2213105/2015/la-turnaround-iwakuma-re-signs-with-mariners?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Sportspress Northwest reported</a>, his return late Thursday came on the very day he flunked a physical with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had offered him a big $45 million contract.</p>
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Hisashi Iwakuma told a press conference late this morning that he re-signed with the Seattle Mariners because he felt loved and wanted here. As Art Thiel of Sportspress Northwest reported, his return late Thursday came on the very day he flunked a physical with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had offered him a big $45 million contract.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi