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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2016 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 23, 2016
Giants lead pack trying to dethrone Swallows
The following is the first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Central League:
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 5, 2016
Romak adjusting to game in Japan
Surviving the first few days of spring training is the initial step for most first-year foreign players in their adjustment to life in NPB. Japanese clubs don't pull many punches during camp early on, and feature a much heavier workload than teams in MLB and other western leagues.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 9, 2016
Several questions loom as spring camp approaches
We are three weeks from the Feb. 1 opening of the Central and Pacific League ballclubs spring training camps in Shikoku, Okinawa and southern Kyushu—and for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Arizona with the San Diego Padres. Following are some questions to be answered during the 2016 season in Japanese...
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 13, 2015
Iron man Tsutsugo still going strong in December
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo has been very busy this year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 12, 2015
Can upgraded home stadiums give boost to BayStars, Eagles?
Going from worst to first — last place to a pennant — is difficult for any professional baseball team. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows managed to do it this past season in the Central League, and the two clubs that finished at the bottom of the league standings in 2015 are hoping to rise to the top during...

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