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February 27, 2025

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Jason Coskrey

Jason Coskrey is a sports writer for The Japan Times. His primary focus is Japanese baseball, but he has also covered soccer, American football, boxing and basketball. He previously worked for the Marietta Daily Journal in Marietta, Ga. A native of Detroit, he is a graduate of the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Oct 17, 2023

Hawks relievers and coaches endure agony of 10th-inning collapse

That bell tolled for Yuki Tsumori and Ryosuke Otsu on Monday night at Zozo Marine Stadium as they allowed four pitches in the bottom of the 10th inning.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 15, 2023

Hawks bounce back to even series against Marines

Kohei Arihara threw six innings of one-run ball and the Hawks backed him up with a few timely hits to extend their season.

BASEBALL

Oct 14, 2023

Marines too much for Hawks in Game 1 of Climax Series

The Marines can advance to the final stage against the PL champion Orix Buffaloes with a victory.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Oct 13, 2023

Third-place squads face long road to Japan Series

Only two teams have reached the Japan Series after finishing the regular season in third place.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Oct 9, 2023

Shinnosuke Abe hoping to join special group of Giants managers

Shinnosuke Abe is hopeful of guiding the Giants back to the Central League summit.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Oct 5, 2023

Giants prepare to start new era as manager Tatsunori Hara walks away

Manager Tatsunori Hara's departure closes the book on an eventful chapter in the storied history of the Giants.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 25, 2023

Pacific League playoff race set for frantic finish

Three Pacific League teams are fighting for two playoff spots as the season nears its conclusion.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Sep 21, 2023

Buffaloes' fans finally get to experience team's resurgence

Fans packed Kyocera Dome Osaka for the sellout game in hopes of finally seeing a clinching victory with their own eyes.

Shohei Ohtani had surgery on his right elbow in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

BASEBALL / MLB

Sep 20, 2023

Shohei Ohtani not expected to pitch in 2024 after elbow surgery

Shohei Ohtani underwent a procedure on his elbow on Tuesday.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 17, 2023

Makoto Kadowaki lifts Giants to important win over Swallows

Makoto Kadowaki connected on his first walk-off hit to give the Giants a win over the Swallows.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Sep 15, 2023

Akinobu Okada pushed right buttons to guide Tigers to CL pennant

Akinobu Okada led Hanshin to its first Central League pennant since 2005, and now anticipation grows over what comes next.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Sep 10, 2023

Yama-no-no: Orix ace puts world on notice with second no-hitter

The right-hander's superb form for the PL-leading Buffaloes is expected to bring him more awards this offeseason — as well as a bidding war by MLB clubs.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 25, 2023

Confident Jose Osuna says Swallows just have to keep fighting

Jose Osuna still has faith in the Swallows despite the team's underwhelming performance this season.

Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani has a torn UCL, the team announced on Wednesday night.

BASEBALL / MLB

Aug 25, 2023

Will Ohtani’s injury pick his pocket in free agency?

Baseball’s history-making two-way player has a torn ulnar collateral ligament.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Aug 21, 2023

Tigers full of life during this season's 'Road Trip of Death'

The team has gone 14-4 through the first 18 contests of a 23-game trip away from their primary ballpark.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 14, 2023

Hard-throwing Edwin Escobar keeping things simple with BayStars

Edwin Escobar is back to doing what he loves as the BayStars jostle for position in the Central League.

Annette and Peter O’Malley, joined by their daughter Katherine, welcome NPB great Shigeo Nagashima to their Los Angeles home on Dec. 1, 1974.

BASEBALL / MLB

Aug 13, 2023

Annette O'Malley helped forge connection between Dodgers and Japan

She traveled with her husband, former Dodgers president Peter O'Malley, to help grow the game internationally, including making over 25 visits to Japan.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 12, 2023

Lewis Brinson and Iori Yamasaki lead Giants past BayStars

Lewis Brinson does not have to adjust to the intensity at this time of the year as his Yomiuri Giants fight for a spot in the postseason.

BASEBALL

Aug 8, 2023

First-place Tigers hold off Giants for fifth straight win

Hanshin held on for the win on despite Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto adding to his recent display power at the plate.

BASEBALL / MLB

Aug 4, 2023

Bobby Valentine enjoying more relaxed time with Angels

Former Marines manager Bobby Valentine is viewing the game from a different perspective these days.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The building of new high-rise residential buildings has some alarmed that they could empty and fall into disrepair as Japan's population shrinks.

The high cost of letting Japan's condos crumble

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