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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.

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BASKETBALL

Jul 13, 2013

Mitsui earns trip to streetball finals at Alcatraz Island

Hideki Mitsui is headed to one of the world's most famous prisons, where the "Tokyo No. 1 Boss Dog" will try his hand at ruling the yard.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Jul 8, 2013

Tanaka hitting his stride as season progresses

The next time Masahiro Tanaka takes the mound for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles he'll be trying to win his 12th consecutive decision since opening day.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Jul 2, 2013

Former Dodgers owner reflects on Nomo, friendships

The paths of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo and former owner and team president Peter O'Malley didn't cross during the latter's recent trip to Japan.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 1, 2013

Blanco, Balentien putting up impressive homer totals

If there's a home run derby during this year's All-Star Series, odds are it won't be half as exciting as the one Wladimir Balentien and Tony Blanco are currently staging on a near-nightly basis during the regular season.

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BASEBALL / MLB

Jun 30, 2013

O'Malley-Japan baseball exhibit opens

Former Los Angeles Dodgers president Peter O'Malley was in Tokyo on Saturday morning to celebrate the opening of a special exhibition of Dodgers memorabilia at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 28, 2013

Fourth-inning offensive outburst lifts BayStars over Swallows

Nyjer Morgan danced. Then he posed for pictures, and just before disappearing into the tunnel that would lead him out of Jingu Stadium, he stopped, formed a T with his hands, and led the Yokohama BayStars ouendan (cheering section) cheers for a few moments.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 26, 2013

Fighters show moxie in comeback victory

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters may be in last place in the Pacific League, but, as their nickname implies, there is a lot of fight in the team from Japan's northern island.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Jun 25, 2013

Marines need power bat to aid chase for Pa League crown

The Chiba Lotte Marines have done just fine without a real power hitter in their lineup for most of the season.

MORE SPORTS

Jun 25, 2013

Deers beat Frontiers to win Pearl Bowl title

In April, the Kajima Deers found out they were going to need to find a new sponsor at the end of the current X League season.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 24, 2013

Lions' Kikuchi emerging as one of NPB's top pitchers

Yusei Kikuchi might be in the major leagues right now if he'd chosen differently.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 21, 2013

Lefty starter Kikuchi thriving for Lions

Yusei Kikuchi is scheduled to toe the rubber for the Seibu Lions Friday night against the Orix Buffaloes as Japanese baseball gets back to intraleague competition this weekend.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Jun 18, 2013

Ramirez keeps focus, waits for next opportunity to contribute

It's the waiting that's the hardest part for Alex Ramirez. The wait for the next at-bat, for the next opportunity to contribute to the Yokohama BayStars, for another chance to show there is still life in his bat.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 16, 2013

Morgan, BayStars trample over Lions

Nyjer Morgan knows his game. So he wasn't too hard on himself when he struggled early in the season.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Jun 14, 2013

Lack of transparency on ball changes causes NPB grief

Nippon Professional Baseball did not err when it introduced a standardized baseball two seasons ago. The change was needed.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Jun 12, 2013

Once a young phenom, Matsui now a veteran leader for upstart Eagles

The plays aren't as flashy or spectacular as they used to be, but Kazuo Matsui still makes them.

BASEBALL / MLB

Jun 9, 2013

Darvish impressing experts with his strikeout ability

If you watch the home broadcast for one of Yu Darvish's starts for the Texas Rangers, you will, at some point, hear play-by-play man Steve Busby exhorting, "got him swinging," after Darvish fans a batter.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 7, 2013

Giants' Abe slugs game-winning home run in eighth

Shinnosuke Abe stood at the plate with two outs and down to his final strike with his team losing in the eighth inning.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 1, 2013

Marines benefiting from ace Naruse's poise, maturity

Yoshihisa Naruse was the new kid on the block back in 2006, a fresh face in his first season pitching for a Chiba Lotte Marines team that had won the Japan Series the year before.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 29, 2013

Hoashi, Hawks whip Giants

Kazuyuki Hoashi essentially replaced Toshiya Sugiuchi last season when he joined the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Sugiuchi left to suit up for the Yomiuri Giants.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

May 28, 2013

Carp offense not doing Bullington any favors

One of the more memorable marketing campaigns of the 1990s was a Nike ad centered around Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, at the time a pair of Cy Young winners pitching for the Atlanta Braves, who, jealous of the attention St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire was receiving for his home run exploits,...

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