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Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 18, 2023
Baseball icon Miguel Cabrera soaks up a lot of lasts at World Baseball Classic
As Cabrera, 39, gets ready to hang up his spikes, he is soaking up a lot of lasts, starting with his fifth and final World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2023
MLB players getting taste of new pitch clock during spring training
Major league players are adjusting to some of the biggest single-season rule changes in the sport’s history during spring training.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 17, 2023
Shohei Ohtani keeps everyone guessing about future plans
For the Los Angeles Angels’ pitchers and catchers, spring training officially started at the team’s training facility Wednesday. But for the team’s two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, who has been hitting and throwing in Arizona all month, the preparations for the most important year of his career...
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 2, 2022
Belgium’s 'golden generation' reaches the end as Croatia and Morocco move on
The Belgians had chance after chance to win, but never scored against Croatia, which advanced. Morocco cruised past Canada to win the group.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 4, 2022
The best game that money could buy
In MLB, where players' salaries are public but owners' revenues are not, teams can spend as little as they want. They can also spend as much as they want.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 13, 2021
MLB devises new rules to combat COVID-19 during 2021 season
A notable addition to the 2021 manual is the league-wide code of conduct detailing acceptable behavior for players and key staff members away from the field.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 9, 2021
MLB will change its baseballs after record home run rates
After years of fielding questions about record home run rates and variations in its baseballs, Major League Baseball informed its 30 teams in a memorandum Friday of changes to the balls — and how they will be handled — for the 2021 season. Chief among the differences will be a slightly reduced weight...

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