FILE - In this July 20, 1997 file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu smiles as he warms up during batting practice before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Milwaukee. Irabu has been found dead at a home in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb of an apparent suicide, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Mike Arriaga said Thursday, July 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)