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BASEBALL

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2016
What Buffett saw in baseball’s greatest hitter
If more investors were to utilize a process comparable to that of baseball's greatest hitter, they would be much better off.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 17, 2016
Upcoming games give Kokubo chance to fine-tune Samurai Japan approach
In October 2013, Japanese baseball officials, stung by the country's failure to win the World Baseball Classic earlier that year, decided to make some changes and hired Hiroki Kokubo as the manager of the national team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Feb 9, 2016
Catching up on MLB moves as spring training looms
Are there any words more beautiful to the ears of MLB diehards than these: Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 23rd.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 19, 2016
MLB confirms probe in Darvish gambling case
Texas Rangers star pitcher Yu Darvish is being investigated by Major League Baseball in the wake of his brother Sho being charged last year with running an illegal gambling ring that allegedly took bets on both MLB and NPB games, The Japan Times has learned.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 9, 2016
KBO suspends duo for gambling
The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) handed out half-season suspensions to pitchers Lim Chang-yong and Oh Seung-hwan on Friday, following allegations they were involved in illegal gambling in Macau.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Nov 29, 2015
Lessons in Japan's labor laws from striking NPB baseball stars and English teachers
What do Nichibei Eigo Gakuin teachers in 2000, pro baseball players in 2004 and Berlitz language instructors in 2007 have in common?
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 20, 2015
WBSC's Fraccari sees potential for Premier 12 to grow on global stage
Riccardo Fraccari, the president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation, was in Sapporo for the Premier 12 opening game between Japan and South Korea on Nov. 8 before returning to Europe to attend an IOC summit in Lausanne. The Italian then traveled back to Japan for the final phase of his federation's...
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 19, 2015
USA Baseball juggled scheduling challenges, built solid squad from scratch
For the United States, the journey to the semifinal round of the inaugural Premier 12 began in August.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 14, 2015
Taiwan's Yoh, Chen draw on experiences playing in NPB
Yang Dai-kang, who is better known as Daikan Yoh in Japan, has already become a star player for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, but the fame swells when he puts on the Taiwan national team jersey for the nation's citizens.

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