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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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 7, 2011
Fighters, Hawks flying high as Carp slump to new low
A few NPB teams have gone streaking over the past few weeks, putting on display results, both good and bad, that have made for some historical moments on the diamond.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 7, 2011
Fighters repel Giants to chalk up another shutout win
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have discovered the one undeniable constant in all of sports.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 4, 2011
Ramirez, Tono guide Giants to win over Eagles
Brand new ball, same old Rami-chan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 31, 2011
Veteran Hawks running out of time to add title to legacy
The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks' caging of the Hanshin Tigers in Game 7 of the 2003 Japan Series seemed at the time as if it would be the heralding of a new dynasty in the Pacific League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 30, 2011
Falkenborg feels right at home with Hawks
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks reliever Brian Falkenborg raised a few eyebrows with his performance on the mound last season. And not just in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 27, 2011
Cabrera, Houlton lead Hawks past Giants
D. J. Houlton did everything he could to keep the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks within striking distance of the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2011
Yamasaki plays hero for Buffs again
Koji Yamasaki got a hero interview out of his game-winning hit against the Yomiuri Giants in the first game of their interleague series.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 24, 2011
Lotte's Kim suffering from power outage
The curious case of Kim Tae Kyun's power outage began on Sept. 18, 2010. That night in Sendai, the Chiba Lotte Marines slugger homered off Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ace Hisashi Iwakuma in the sixth inning of a 4-3 Lotte loss.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 23, 2011
Sledge: PL franchises expect to top CL rivals
Since the interleague format was introduced in Japan in 2005, the Pacific League has gotten the better of the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2011
BayStars slugger Murata delivers winning blast in seventh
Shuichi Murata had played six straight games without hitting a home run. Even worse, his Yokohama BayStars had gone six games without a win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2011
Marines rally but fall short
In a scene straight out of last year's Japan Series, the Chiba Lotte Marines were mounting a late-inning rally against the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 17, 2011
Hara searching for ways to stir sleeping Giants' lineup
No matter how suspect the Yomiuri Giants' starting pitching has been in the past, a powerhouse offense has always been there to bail them out.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 16, 2011
Nakata finally paying off for Fighters brass
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters got next to nothing out of Sho Nakata for the better part of two seasons after selecting the heralded high school power hitter in the 2007 draft.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2011
Giants skipper Hara shakes things up in series finale against BayStars
It's been a decade since Michihiro Ogasawara last hit in the leadoff spot and nearly four years since Norihito Kaneto started and won a game at home.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 10, 2011
Inaba, Kokubo should be among next to reach 2,000 hits
Michihiro Ogasawara finally ascended into the 2,000-hit club on May 5, getting the job done with a single up the middle against Hanshin Tigers pitcher Hiroyuki Kobayashi.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 9, 2011
Standridge keeps Ala. citizens close to heart
Trussville, Ala., is a typical southern U.S. city. Spread out along the Cahaba River with scenic streets lined by trees that help form a picturesque escape in the northern half of the state.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2011
Giants' Sanematsu delivers game-ending hit to beat archrival Tigers
The Yomiuri Giants coaching staff didn't give Kazunari Sanematsu any instructions or signs during his at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2011
Tigers crush four home runs, beat Giants in season's first game at Big Egg
So much for the "no-fly" ball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 3, 2011
Ogasawara still swinging away as milestone draws near
There's little beauty in Michihiro Ogasawara's swing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 2, 2011
Woes on mound continue to trouble Yomiuri
Starting pitching had been pegged as one of the Yomiuri Giants' problem spots prior to the beginning of the Japanese baseball season.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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