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YOKOHAMA BAYSTARS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2015
Swallows down BayStars in 11th
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama singled in the winning run with two outs in the 11th inning to send the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 4-3 sayonara victory over the Central League-leading Yokohama BayStars on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2015
Miura takes control as BayStars beat Swallows
Player-coach Daisuke Miura allowed four hits over eight innings and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homered twice to lift the Central League-leading Yokohama BayStars to a 2-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 18, 2015
BayStars defy sorry reputation with strong start to season
The surprising Yokohama BayStars are 26-16 after 42 games and owners of both the best record in Japan and a three-game cushion over the Yomiuri Giants atop the Central League. The BayStars have also won seven consecutive series, which they haven't done since 1964, and each victory makes more fans wonder...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 15, 2015
Baldiris' homer sends BayStars past Carp
Aarom Baldiris hit a two-run home run that put the Central League-leading Yokohama BayStars in front for good in a wild 6-5 win over the Hiroshima Carp.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2015
BayStars hurler Yamaguchi fans 11 in complete-game victory over Dragons
Hyuma Matsui had a tiebreaking RBI single and drove in two runs, Shun Yamaguchi stifled his opponents over the distance, and the Yokohama BayStars beat the Chunichi Dragons 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2015
Ogawa does it all as Swallows beat BayStars
Yasuhiro "Ryan" Ogawa took a one-hit shutout into the ninth inning to earn the win as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Yokohama BayStars 3-1 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2015
Kinjo blast lifts Giants to win over BayStars
Tatsuhiko Kinjo hit a three-run homer against his former club as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Yokohama BayStars 3-0 on a breezy night in Yokohama on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2015
Kumazaki calls Gourriel row an 'individual contract problem'
Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki suggested on Friday that the nullification of infielder Yulieski Gourriel's contract with the Yokohama BayStars is not likely to influence the future signings of Cuban baseball players in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 3, 2015
Releasing stubborn Gourriel best move for BayStars
The lasting image of Yulieski Gourriel's 62-game tenure with the Yokohama BayStars may have come after the Cuban star's very first ichi-gun game in the team's pinstriped uniform.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2015
BayStars void Gourriel's contract
Yokohama BayStars general manager Shigeru Takada revealed Thursday that the club has informed infielder Yulieski Gourriel that his contract has been nullified.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2015
Kajitani, Lopez spark BayStars in rout of Giants
Shun Yamaguchi threw two-run ball over eight innings and the Yokohama BayStars broke out the bats to wallop the Yomiuri Giants 10-2 for their first victory of the 2015 regular season on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2015
Giants edge BayStars in 2015 season opener
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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2015 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 25, 2015
Carp hoping Kuroda can be final piece in title puzzle
Part of the Carp's slogan for 2015 is 'Red Rising,' and that's exactly what the club has been doing the past few years. Hiroshima has increased its win total in each of the past four seasons.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 30, 2015
Matsui to have brief stint as observer at BayStars' training camp
Retired former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui is scheduled to observe the Yokohama BayStars' spring training camp in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, from Feb. 5-7, the Central League club announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2015
DeNA founder first woman to own a baseball team in Japan
Tomoko Namba, the founder of mobile gaming company DeNA Co., has taken over as team owner of the Central League's Yokohama BayStars, the ball club said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 12, 2014
BayStars acquire infielder Lopez
Jose Lopez, who was recently released by the Yomiuri Giants, has agreed to join the Yokohama BayStars, the Central League club said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 10, 2014
BayStars hand Okajima one-year deal
The Yokohama BayStars announced Wednesday they have agreed to a one-year contract with former major league reliever Hideki Okajima.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 2, 2014
BayStars release slugger Blanco
The Yokohama BayStars opted not to extend the contract of slugger Tony Blanco and have released the Dominican first baseman, the Central League club announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 6, 2014
Nakahata expects BayStars to shine brighter in future
For teams outside the postseason, this is the time of year when anyone within shouting distance of a microphone begins to implore fans to look to next year, when things, in theory, will be better.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2014
BayStars' Tsutsugo slugs three-run homer in comeback victory over Giants
The Yomiuri Giants might have had a celebration planned for Friday night, but the Yokohama BayStars had a game to win.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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