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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2011

Giants extend win streak to four

HiroshimaKYODO
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 2, 2011

Hara needs to show patience as Giants try to bounce back

One could only imagine the thoughts running through Tatsunori Hara's mind as he watched his Yomiuri Giants blow a five-run lead against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2011

BayStars' Leach loses season debut to Giants

Yokohama BayStars pitcher Brent Leach's belated debut was almost like something out of a dream.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 24, 2011

Setsuden and the magic number 28

Japan's summer has started off with a bang, weather-wise.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 22, 2011

'Knuckle Princess' set for 2011 debut

Right-hander Eri Yoshida, 19, will pitch for the Chico Outlaws for the second straight season and will make her first start of 2011 on Friday against North American Baseball League rival Maui Na Koa Ikaika.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2011

Marines' Castillo makes eyecatching return to Japan

Wearing a wide grin and bright yellow-trimmed sunglasses, Jose Castillo said he was happy to be back in Japan before his first game with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 26, 2011

Potential MLB realignment presents challenges

You have no doubt heard about the proposal for realignment in Major League Baseball. According to media reports, the MLB wants to switch one National League team to the American League in order to make two 15-team leagues and end the current unbalanced setup of 16 NL teams and 14 in the AL, as early...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 21, 2011

Memory of Japan Series glory lives on for all-time saves leader Iwase

Moments after becoming Japan's new all-time saves leader, Hitoki Iwase took a brief trip down memory lane.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2011

Sawamura learning from mistakes in debut season

Before a recent game against the Yomiuri Giants, a rival Central League player remarked that rookie Hirokazu Sawamura might become the Giants' best hurler once he really learns how to pitch.
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
Apr 18, 2011

Sledge leading charge for surprise-package BayStars

The Yokohama BayStars lost 95 games last season and it seemed like everybody in Japanese baseball got their licks in against the struggling team.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2011

Eagles chairman Mikitani enjoys day at the park

Golden Eagles chairman Hiroshi Mikitani is a widely known top entrepreneur in Japan. But Tuesday, he was so emotional as his ballclub finally opened its 2011 season after the massive earthquake hit the franchise's home city, Sendai.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 10, 2011

Kroon can't make cut with San Francisco

Marc Kroon was cut just prior to opening day after trying to make the San Francisco Giants. The six-year Japan veteran closer with the Yokohama BayStars and Yomiuri Giants was attempting to return to the majors with the defending World Series champions, and he did not make the team — but why not?...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2011

NPB unites for common cause on field

Jingu Stadium was alive for the first time in weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2011

Athletics showing commitment to Japan

Oakland Athletics slugger Hideki Matsui and Seattle Mariners superstar Ichiro Suzuki, have already contributed to the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. With the help of the A's, they'll be able to do a little more.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2011

Ramirez to salute disaster victims after HRs

Alex Ramirez's generally jovial, gregarious disposition sometimes makes it easy to forget there's a more serious side to the Yomiuri Giants star.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 20, 2011

Sumo seeks to recover from disaster of its own making

If March 13, 2011, had been a normal Sunday in Japan, at around 4:30 p.m. this writer would have popped open a beer, grabbed a packet of shelled peanuts, switched on his TV and watched the first day of the Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament on NHK.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 27, 2011

Hype may be biggest obstacle for Saito as rookie

The hype surrounding Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Yuki Saito has just been phenomenal.
Reader Mail
Feb 17, 2011

Requirements for sumo's survival

Regarding Tom Quinn's Feb. 13 letter, "Match-rigging scandal overblown": Japanese sumo needs to wake up if it wants to survive. Salaries are tiny compared to pro baseball or J League soccer. Also, any professional sport will fail if its main matches are played between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.; a 7 to 9 p.m....
EDITORIALS / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Feb 10, 2011

National sport on its knees

The Japan Sumo Association, rocked by a match-rigging scandal, has decided to cancel Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, which would have started March 13 in Osaka. This is the first time that a grand sumo tournament known as hon-basho has been canceled since the summer of 1946, when the summer tournament...

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