George Rose, the Yankees’ Executive Advisor for Pacific Rim Operations and a former Japanese translator for the team, died Sunday at his Pennsylvania home.
George Rose, the Yankees’ Executive Advisor for Pacific Rim Operations and a former Japanese translator for the team, died Sunday at his Pennsylvania home, the team announced in a statement.Rose, who lived in Yardley, Pa., started working with the Yankees in 1998 as the translator for pitcher Hideki Irabu, and he remained in that role through both of the franchise’s World Series titles in 1998 and 1999 until Irabu was traded to the Expos, according to the team.
He then returned to the franchise in 2007 — after getting his MBA from Columbia and continuing to assist the Yankees, including at Hideki Matsui’s 2003 press conference — as the Director of Pacific Rim Operations, which involved business and scouting operations based in Japan.Screenshot via LinkedIn“Kind, warm and humble, George Rose was unfailingly gracious and always a welcome presence to those around him,” the Yankees organization wrote in a statement.
“George was also a man of great faith, and the rare person about whom no one could say a bad word. He will be deeply missed by his friends and colleagues at both the Yankees and Yomiuri and by all who had the privilege of spending time with him. The Yankees offer their heartfelt condolences to his wife, Carrie; son, Sean; and George’s entire extended family.”George Rose stands next to pitcher Masahiro Tanaka after his Yankees introduction in 2014.
Rose said he spotted the pitching talent and character which reflected “what we want on the Yankees.”
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