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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.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 31, 2010

Marines triumph in Game 1

NAGOYA — An improbable postseason just keeps getting more unbelievable for the Chiba Lotte Marines. Three more wins and their fairy tale will be complete.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 30, 2010

Marines, Dragons prepare to lock horns

NAGOYA — After several months, the Japanese baseball landscape has cleared and there are two teams still standing.

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BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Oct 26, 2010

Postseason pressure bringing out the best in Marines ace Naruse

Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordan's recent book, "Field of Screams," revealed that Chiba Lotte Marines ace Yoshihisa Naruse is afraid of ghosts and carries an amulet in his equipment bag to protect himself from evil spirits.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Oct 25, 2010

Veteran guile, wisdom aided Dragons in CL Climax Series clincher

The Chunichi Dragons have their fair share of youth on the roster, but it was a group of veterans who helped them reach the Japan Series with a 4-3 win over the Yomiuri Giants in Game 4 of the Central League Climax Series on Saturday.

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BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Oct 19, 2010

Playoff schedule denies NPB center stage

Major League Baseball, as it has done throughout its playoffs, showcased the best of the best over the weekend.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 18, 2010

Giants rally past Tigers, earn sweep

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. — Big Daddy came up with the big hit.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 18, 2010

Unsung heroes make key contributions for Giants

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. — Yoshiyuki Kamei went 0-for-5 in Game 2 of the first stage of the Central League Climax Series. After the Yomiuri Giants' series-clinching 7-6 victory, he was hailed as a hero by teammate Alex Ramirez and praised by manager Tatsunori Hara.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 17, 2010

Giants top Tigers in opener

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. — The ball was working its way out of Hayato Sakamoto's glove in the eighth inning as a bases-loaded jam was about to turn into a full-on disaster.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 16, 2010

Giants-Tigers series looks like a tossup

OSAKA — The Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers have the fiercest rivalry in all of Japan. Their storied feud gets taken to a new level this year as they meet for the first time in the postseason.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Oct 15, 2010

First playoff series between Giants, Tigers certain to entertain

Expect Koshien Stadium to be rocking this weekend.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 13, 2010

Hawks, Marines poised for intriguing showdown in PLCS second stage

The Chiba Lotte Marines almost didn't make the playoffs. Now they've got their sights set on reaching the Japan Series.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 11, 2010

Satozaki mauls Lions to give Marines series sweep

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Tomoya Satozaki took the Seibu Lions' best shot in the bottom of the eighth inning. He showed them who hits harder in the ninth.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 11, 2010

Marines pull together for postseason push

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Japanese baseball historian and author Robert Whiting titled his most famous work "You Gotta Have Wa."

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 10, 2010

Fukuura's HR gives Marines win in 11th

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — You just cannot count out these Chiba Lotte Marines.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 9, 2010

Stage set for intriguing Lions-Marines showdown in Climax Series

For a team that looked like the best in the Pacific League for most of the season, uncertainty has set in for the Seibu Lions at the absolute worst time.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 6, 2010

Murton breaks Ichiro's single-season hits mark

Hope Matt Murton has something big planned for an encore.

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BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Oct 5, 2010

Road set up for Hawks to make run at title

There are no more excuses for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 2, 2010

Marines beat Buffaloes, earn PL Climax Series spot

CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines fans in the outfield stands sang and danced away two years' worth of frustration long after the final regular-season game of the year.

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TENNIS

Oct 1, 2010

Wozniacki waltzes into semifinals

Caroline Wozniacki is really pleased with herself at the moment and it's showing on the court. She just didn't have to show it for very long in her latest match.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 1, 2010

Will Murton get fair shot at hits record?

The single-season home-run record in Japanese baseball has been somewhat of a touchy subject for quite some time. Many associate the record of 55 with legendary Yomiuri Giants slugger Sadaharu Oh.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.

A boom for business tourism in Japan?

By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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