Japanese pitching import Kei Igawa is one of the new sheriffs in town for the New York Yankees. Already in 2007, the 27-year-old southpaw has worked his way into the Bronx Bombers? starting rotation and posted a pair of victories in his first month (April) in the bigs. Upper Deck pays tribute to this newest pinstriped pitcher with this autographed Rawlings Baseball, which Igawa has signed in both English and Kanji (Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system). His signatures are guaranteed through Upper Deck Authenticated's patented five-step authentication process.