According to a recent ESPN Magazine interview with Mr. Darvish he loves the New England area. If Darvish ends up posting this year the fee will easily surpass $75M. If they wait a few years and Darvish remains healthy that number could swell to $90M. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=darvish Yeah, that was a really stupid argument. There are many reasons why he wouldn't want to leave Japan right away -- friends, girls, star-power (which he already has). Saying due to the US government's foreign policy regarding a country in which his dad has probably spent less time in than he has in other countries was a shot in the dark. His dad's a businessman who probably makes a lot of money in Japan, went to Florida State for college, and loves New England. Yu's gonna be over here soon, too.