※ 引述《whalelover (哞哞哞哞王)》之銘言：
: The Yankees' new Japanese pitching ace geared up for spring training by
: chartering a massive, luxury passenger plane to fly him to New York — along
: with his pet dog.
: Masahiro Tanaka reportedly shelled out $195,000 for the one-way flight from
: Tokyo on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which seats more than 200 passengers.
: But the airliner was empty except for Tanaka's party of five, which included
: his wife and brown Toy Poodle, according to AFP, which cited Japanese news
: reports.
: "It's a (chartered) private jet. It's not something the Yankees have
: prepared," Tanaka told reporters at Japan's Narita Airport on Sunday.
: Tanaka, who recently signed a seven-year, $155 million contract with the
: Bronx Bombers, is set to introduce himself at a Yankee Stadium news
: conference on Tuesday.
: He chartered the plane so he would arrive at spring training "in the best of
: form," according to a Japanese baseball official who was with him for the
: flight.
: Japan Airlines confirmed Tanaka flew on one of its 787s but wouldn't comment
: further.
: The 25-year-old went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in leading the Rakuten Golden
: Eagles to a title in Japan, inciting a major league bidding war that the
: Yankees won.
: http://tinyurl.com/m2ghe5w (New York Post)
: 剛剛簽下155M/7y大約的田中包下了一架波音787前往美國
: 機上成員僅包括他的老婆與寵物貴賓狗等等五人(+狗?)
: 田中表示這是私人包機 並不是洋基隊所為他準備的
: 根據機上的日職官員的說法
: 田中包下這架飛機是為了能以最佳狀態進行春訓
: 田中將大:195K鎂? 真便宜 ( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ (設計對白)
雖然很多人都覺得田中拿大約過太爽，但這件事做這種評論對他並不公平。
洋基的投捕報到日是 2月15日，加上入團記者會及前置作業，田中的行程很緊。
但是近期日本大雪飛機停飛，就算是包機，他的行程也拖了 8個半小時。
花大錢包機，在惡劣氣候中依然要準時前往球團報到，這應該視為一種尊重的態度。
雖然我不是特別喜歡這個球員，但田中在這件事情上，至少展現出他的用心。
不該用仇富的眼光去看待。
對不起我認真了。