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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

Jul 31, 2008

Ogasawara, Ramirez form devastating duo for second-place Giants

When things looked bleak for the Yomiuri Giants earlier this season, Alex Ramirez almost single-handedly kept the Kyojin afloat.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 27, 2008

Giants make up deficit to race past sorry Swallows

The Yomiuri Giants played small ball to get back into their game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They made things simple and just hit the ball over the fence when they were ready to win it.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 26, 2008

Darvish poised for spotlight at Olympics

Cuba beat Japan 4-0 in the final of the 2004 World Junior Baseball Championships, resulting in the Japanese starter that day ending the tournament 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 19, 2008

Stubborn Lions fend off Marines' late broadside

CHIBA — The Seibu Lions weren't exactly roaring on Friday night but they did enough to get the job done.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 19, 2008

Hoshino makes gutsy decision by sticking with Uehara

Japan manager Senichi Hoshino took a gamble on Thursday afternoon.

OLYMPICS

Jul 18, 2008

Hoshino places faith in Olympic qualifiers

Japan announced its 24-man baseball roster for the Beijing Olympics during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday afternoon.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 13, 2008

Ogasawara, Ramirez blaze Giants past BayStars

The Yokohama BayStars tried to go homer for homer with the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday night.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 12, 2008

Talented Tigers excel in season's first half

The Hanshin Tigers are so far ahead in the Central League standings the Japanese media has already given them a magic number.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 12, 2008

Greisinger puts the squeeze on BayStars as Giants take second place

Don't look now but here come Seth Greisinger and the Yomiuri Giants.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 5, 2008

Omatsu slugs sixth-inning grand slam in Marines' rout of Hawks

CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines looked relaxed during batting practice under a sunny, cloudless sky on Friday afternoon.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 5, 2008

'Big Daddy' beating up Swallows

Yomiuri Giants star Alex Ramirez hit a home run in his first official at-bat as a visitor in Jingu Stadium, home of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 4, 2008

Greisinger shines as Giants crush Swallows

Seth Greisinger entered the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in need of a win.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 2, 2008

Aoki, Takeuchi carry big sticks for Swallows in win over Giants

The Yomiuri Giants have dedicated this week's series against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to former Giants great Sadaharu Oh.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 28, 2008

Tatsunami lifts Dragons

YOKOHAMA — It was a classic case of age before beauty for the Chunichi Dragons against the Yokohama BayStars.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 28, 2008

Fine play by Tigers during interleague season helped boost CL lead

The Hanshin Tigers missed out on the interleague title, but they're still on track for the one that matters.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 22, 2008

Giants triumph over Hawks in 12th inning

Takuya Kimura hit a two-run, "sayonara" single with no outs in the 12th inning to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks at Tokyo Dome.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 21, 2008

Southpaw trio going the distance to help Hawks

Tsuyoshi Wada was pitching a complete game against the Yokohama BayStars on Sunday and there wasn't anything anyone could do about it. Not Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitching coach Tadashi Sugimoto and not the BayStars.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 18, 2008

Marines' offense erupts in blowout victory over Yokohama

YOKOHAMA — Saburo Omura is all the way back.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 15, 2008

Big first inning propels Marines to win over Tigers

CHIBA — Tsuyoshi Nishioka sent ozeki Chiyotaikai an emphatic message in the third inning of the Chiba Lotte Marines' game against the Hanshin Tigers. The sumo star got the message loud and clear. So did the Tigers.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 14, 2008

Quick start has Rami thinking big for Giants

Alex Ramirez hit home runs in consecutive at-bats during last year's All-Star series, which sparked an amazing late season performance, during which he won back-to-back monthly MVP awards in August and September.

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

By Tomoko Otake

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