Once disgraced Japanese pitcher Kizuhito Tadano is poised to return to Japan . . . as a pitcher. He’d been banned in the past for having performed in a gay porn video.

He’s been in the US which, as stated before, seems to be the new way that Japanese embroiled in scandals “go to rehab.” But unlike disgraced popstars who come to the US to “study English,” Tadano was at least able to continue to play baseball, which he did recently with the Cleveland Indians till Japan welcomed him back.

As for whether Tadano will engage in a repeat performance of his scurrilous performance:

“I was young, playing baseball, and going to college and my teammates and I needed money.”

Tadano also emphatically denied being homosexual stating, “I’m not gay. I’d like to clear that fact up right now.”