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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 30, 2017
Samurai Japan's stars have to come to grips with WBC ball
Throwing a baseball isn't rocket science. Unless, apparently, that ball is the official baseball of the World Baseball Classic and is being thrown by a member of Samurai Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 30, 2017
Otani sidelined by fever
Japan's two-way phenom Shohei Otani rung up a fever of 38.5 that forced him out of Sunday's workout with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and there is growing concern about what kind of shape the sweet-hitting fireballer will be in when the World Baseball Classic starts in early March.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 29, 2017
WBC duty means quick turnaround for foreign stars
Now that spring camps are only a few days away for NPB teams — some players are already working out "independently" together — the foreign contingent has begun trickling into the country. It was mostly the first-year foreign players the past couple of weeks, but now the veterans have started...
BASEBALL
Jan 28, 2017
Carp's Tanaka fills out Japan squad
Hiroshima Carp infielder Kosuke Tanaka was named as the 28th and final player in Japan's World Baseball Classic squad, the team announced Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 25, 2017
Yomiuri's Yoh will not play for Taiwan at WBC
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Daikan Yoh of Taiwan has said he will not represent his national team at the World Baseball Classic in March, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 24, 2017
Japan fills out team for World Baseball Classic
Samurai Japan mostly filled out its roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, adding eight players, but no major leaguers, to the 19 names released in December.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 22, 2017
Famed slugger Tuffy Rhodes could face long road to Hall of Fame
Although he was one of the most productive foreign imports to grace Japanese pro ball, it seems there is little chance Tuffy Rhodes will be inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame anytime soon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 18, 2017
Desire to beat Giants spurred Hall of Famers to glory
In many ways, the fates have tied Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu together in their careers, and on Monday they shared another thing — membership in Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 16, 2017
Ito, Hoshino, Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame
Catcher Tsutomu Ito and pitchers Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu were inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 12, 2017
Dodgers want to keep Maeda out of WBC
The Los Angeles Dodgers do not intend to let right-hander Kenta Maeda play for Japan in the World Baseball Classic in March, a team source said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 5, 2017
NPB eyes 'meaningful' international games to bolster national team in run-up to 2020 Olympics
Nippon Professional Baseball is working to line up November exhibition games in order to strengthen its national team before the 2020 Olympics, commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Dec 22, 2016
Tanaka, Iwakuma the dream ticket for Japan's WBC roster
Samurai Japan added the first major league player to its roster for the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday, when Houston Astros outfielder Norichika Aoki signed up for his third WBC.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Dec 21, 2016
Samurai Japan adds Astros' Aoki to WBC roster
Houston Astros outfielder Norichika Aoki has been added to the Samurai Japan roster for next spring's World Baseball Classic, the team announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 20, 2016
Fighters superstar Otani receives top prize at Japan Professional Sports Awards extravaganza
Baseball sensation Shohei Otani, one of the brightest stars of the nation’s sporting scene in 2016, was the recipient of the grand prize at the annual Japan Professional Sports Awards at a Tokyo hotel on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 20, 2016
Otani heads early WBC roster for Samurai Japan
Samurai Japan released a partial roster for next spring's World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, naming 18 players who will be part of the squad tasked with bringing the title back to Japan in March.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 15, 2016
Rangers may try to prevent Darvish from playing in WBC
The Texas Rangers will try to prevent right-hander Yu Darvish from playing for Japan at the World Baseball Classic next March, as he only made his return from an elbow injury in May, the club's general manger Jon Daniels indicated Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 8, 2016
Seibu Lions to sponsor international competition in Cambodia
The Seibu Lions will sponsor an international exhibition baseball competition scheduled in Cambodia this weekend in the first such attempt by a Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Pacific League club announced Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2016
Yokohama gets baseball, softball as IOC decides Tokyo 2020 venues
The International Olympic Committee made the choice, along with venues for four other new sports, at an executive meeting on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 7, 2016
Fighters' Laird in line to play for Mexico during WBC
Pacific League home run king Brandon Laird has agreed to play in the upcoming World Baseball Classic for Mexico, where the American infielder has an ancestral link, the Mexican team's skipper confirmed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 30, 2016
Tanaka looks toward WBC after positive performance during MLB season
New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka gave his most recent season in the majors a positive assessment Wednesday, while saying he is keen to suit up for his third World Baseball Classic with Japan next March.

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