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Darvish's moment hasn't arrived

HOUSTON - Yu Darvish will make his World Series debut on Friday for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, but if you think he has waited his entire life for this moment, think again.

Asked when he first started thinking of wanting to pitch in the World Series, he replied in Japanese, "I never have."

Really?

"I have never thought about wanting to pitch in the World Series," he said. "I just don't want to lose until the end. When you

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