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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

Nov 2, 2018

Yuki Yanagita delivers walk-off blast in 10th as Hawks down Carp to take 3-1 lead in Japan Series

They may have needed an extra inning to get there, but the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks were right where they wanted to be when Game 5 ended, 4 hours and 25 minutes after it began.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 1, 2018

Hawks take Japan Series lead after dominant Game 4 performance at home

Yuki Yanagita's throw in from center field was good, Kenji Akashi's relay was better and Takuya Kai's tag at the plate was even better still.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 31, 2018

Hawks triumph over Carp in Game 3 slugfest

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks put their fans through a myriad of emotions in Game 3 of the Japan Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 29, 2018

SoftBank hopes for home advantage as Japan Series shifts to Fukuoka

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are finally back home.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 29, 2018

Postseason superhero Kris Johnson pitches Carp to victory

Kris Johnson took the mound in front of the Hiroshima Carp's red-clad fans and threw warmup tosses. His usual warmup music, the song "White Ranger Tiger Power" from the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV show, rang out around Mazda Stadium.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 28, 2018

Kris Johnson, Seiya Suzuki lead way as Carp silence Hawks in Game 2 of Japan Series

This time there was a winner.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 28, 2018

Tied Japan Series opener the latest new experience for Carp's Johnny Hellweg

Johnny Hellweg's first experience in the Japan Series didn't exactly end the way he thought it might.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 28, 2018

Japan Series opener ends in 12-inning tie

The winner of Game 1 of the 2018 Japan Series was, well, nobody.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 26, 2018

Hawks' Kodai Senga awaits chance to battle Carp, but fearful of rare hitting assignment

Kodai Senga was very matter-of-fact when asked about stepping into the batter's box during Game 1 of the Japan Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 26, 2018

Carp, Hawks set for Japan Series showdown

Hiroshima Carp manager Koichi Ogata and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks skipper Kimiyasu Kudo each said they hoped to put on an amazing show during the final Japan Series of the Heisei Era.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Oct 22, 2018

Hawks' excellence in execution results in trip to Japan Series

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks scripted a masterpiece in the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 21, 2018

Lions ace Yusei Kikuchi to consider future as club gives green light to posting

The Seibu Lions lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Game 5 of the Pacific League Climax Series on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Dome.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 21, 2018

Hawks repeat PL dominance, defeat Lions to reach Japan Series

The 2018 NPB season didn't quite go the way the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks had planned. Even so, they're going to end it right where they expected to be all along.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 20, 2018

Lions reliever Deunte Heath grateful to be back in NPB

Deunte Heath followed a long and winding path to reach the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series with the Seibu Lions.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 19, 2018

Hawks hammer Lions, even series at 2-2

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks catcher Hiroaki Takaya gathered his teammates in a huddle around him near the visitors' dugout and delivered a message intended to pump them up before facing the Seibu Lions.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 19, 2018

Nankai Hawks ace Joe Stanka, hero of 1964 Japan Series, dies at 87

Former Nankai Hawks great Joe Stanka, the 1964 Pacific League MVP who famously threw three shutouts during that season's Japan Series, died of heart failure on Oct. 15, his grandson Josh told The Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 18, 2018

Rick van den Hurk continues winning ways for Hawks

Rick van den Hurk just knows how to win under the bright lights.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 15, 2018

Giants riding wave of momentum into final stage showdown against Carp

Tomoyuki Sugano turned, slapped his glove and thrust both arms into air once the ball was safely secure in Daikan Yoh's glove in center field. He wore a broad smile as catcher Seiji Kobayashi enveloped him in a hug near the mound at Jingu Stadium. The rest of the Yomiuri Giants were beaming as well....

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 14, 2018

Tomoyuki Sugano-no: near-perfect game sends Giants to CL Climax Series final

If there was any lingering doubt about who Japan's best pitcher was, Tomoyuki Sugano put it to rest.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 10, 2018

Samurai Japan unveils roster for series against MLB stars

Kazuma Okamoto has spent all season showing why many think he could be one of Japan's next great slugging stars.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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