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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 22, 2016

Hiroshima mayor Matsui calls Carp an integral part of city

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui was there in person at Tokyo Dome to see the Carp capture the Central League pennant. The baseball-mad residents of his city might make it hard for him to do the same should the Carp be on the verge of a Japan Series title.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 20, 2016

Carp, Fighters to vie for NPB supremacy

This one should be good.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 20, 2016

Otani set to be center of attention in Japan Series, beyond

The Hiroshima Carp and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters begin their battle for the Japan Series crown on Saturday. But the attention on that matchup might pale in comparison to the focus that will be on Fighters star Shohei Otani not only in this series, but as he prepares to step onto the international...

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BASEBALL

Oct 18, 2016

Otani headlines squad for WBC warmup tilts

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace/designated hitter Shohei Otani highlighted the list of players announced to the Samurai Japan roster on Tuesday for World Baseball Classic warmup games against Mexico and the Netherlands.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Oct 11, 2016

Ramirez's leadership pivotal for BayStars

The BayStars turned the music up. Way up. It didn't matter that a wall separated the clubhouse from the room where manager Alex Ramirez was meeting with the media after a triumphant showing in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series on Monday. You could still hear the players shouting and...

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 10, 2016

Unlikely hero Minei sends BayStars to final stage of CL Climax Series

The roar of the fans in the stands after the final out could probably be heard all the way to Hiroshima. Very soon, the Yokohama BayStars players will be trying to make their voices heard there as well.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 10, 2016

Cruz practices with Giants ahead of decisive Game 3

Yomiuri Giants infielder Luis Cruz, who was deactivated prior to the start of the Central League Climax Series First Stage, practiced with the top team at Tokyo Dome on Monday ahead of the decisive third game against the Yokohama BayStars.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 9, 2016

Chono delivers winning hit in eighth inning as Giants stave off elimination

The Yomiuri Giants survived a few close calls in a tense game that could've gone either way to keep their season alive.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 8, 2016

BayStars rally for Game 1 victory over Giants

Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez said he wanted to keep things as close to normal as he could in the team's Climax Series debut.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 8, 2016

CL teams keep starting pitchers a secret until last minute during Climax Series

Alex Ramirez has a season's worth of information at his disposal as he prepares to lead his Yokohama BayStars against the Yomiuri Giants in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 29, 2016

BayStars, fans give Miura emotional send-off in final start of 25-year career

Daisuke Miura didn't get a fairy tale ending. Instead, Hama no Bancho (Boss of Yokohama) went out fighting; grinding for every last out in a blaze of guts and glory as he tried to summon every last ounce of baseball left in his 42-year-old body and leave it all on the field.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 29, 2016

Ramirez praises retiring BayStars pitcher Miura's professionalism

To borrow the words of his manager, retiring star pitcher Daisuke Miura was a "professional player."

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Sep 29, 2016

Otani's legend grows with PL pennant-clinching win

Shohei Otani was sublime on Wednesday night. He was dazzling, superb, resplendent. He was all that and more, almost more than there are adjectives to describe him. Basically at Saitama Seibu Prince Dome on Wednesday night, Shohei Otani the pitcher was good enough, for a moment, to make you forget about...

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 29, 2016

Messenger closing in on deal with Hanshin

Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers are nearing a deal that will keep the right-hander with the club through 2018, his agent, Matt Sosnick, told The Japan Times on Thursday.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Sep 26, 2016

Japanese teams, fans bid fond farewell to retiring players

Japanese baseball is in the season of goodbyes.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 25, 2016

Ramirez working to get BayStars ready for Climax Series

Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez is wearing two hats as the regular season winds down.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 23, 2016

BayStars demolish Giants with six-homer attack

The Yokohama BayStars are happy, not satisfied, to have secured an A-Class finish in the Central League.

BASEBALL

Sep 23, 2016

Samurai Japan skipper Kokubo promotes team's new uniforms for WBC, stays mum about roster

Hiroki Kokubo didn't drop any hints about who would be on the Samurai Japan team for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He did, however, help reveal what they would be wearing.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 23, 2016

After earlier struggles at home, hot-hitting Jones gaining confidence at Tokyo Dome

Garrett Jones might have felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders over the past two nights at Tokyo Dome.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Sep 20, 2016

BayStars could be primed to follow Carp's example in CL

The Yokohama BayStars, after 18 seasons without postseason baseball and 11 without an A-Class finish, probably weren't going to be very picky about how those two things got crossed off of their to-do list.

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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

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