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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2016
Otani, Fighters shut down Hawks in Game 1
Shohei Otani threw seven scoreless innings to lead the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 6-0 win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 11, 2016
Ramirez's leadership pivotal for BayStars
The BayStars turned the music up. Way up. It didn't matter that a wall separated the clubhouse from the room where manager Alex Ramirez was meeting with the media after a triumphant showing in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series on Monday. You could still hear the players shouting and...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2016
BayStars fans revel in win over Giants
Yokohama BayStars fans on Monday celebrated their team's win over the Yomiuri Giants after their three-game series at Tokyo Dome to advance to the final stage of the Central League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2016
Unlikely hero Minei sends BayStars to final stage of CL Climax Series
The roar of the fans in the stands after the final out could probably be heard all the way to Hiroshima. Very soon, the Yokohama BayStars players will be trying to make their voices heard there as well.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2016
Cruz practices with Giants ahead of decisive Game 3
Yomiuri Giants infielder Luis Cruz, who was deactivated prior to the start of the Central League Climax Series First Stage, practiced with the top team at Tokyo Dome on Monday ahead of the decisive third game against the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2016
Chono delivers winning hit in eighth inning as Giants stave off elimination
The Yomiuri Giants survived a few close calls in a tense game that could've gone either way to keep their season alive.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 8, 2016
NeoPhoenix's defense shines in triumph over B-Corsairs
The San-en NeoPhoenix delivered an impressive defensive performance on Saturday in their series opener against the struggling Yokohama B-Corsairs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2016
BayStars rally for Game 1 victory over Giants
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez said he wanted to keep things as close to normal as he could in the team's Climax Series debut.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2016
CL teams keep starting pitchers a secret until last minute during Climax Series
Alex Ramirez has a season's worth of information at his disposal as he prepares to lead his Yokohama BayStars against the Yomiuri Giants in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2016
BayStars make Climax Series debut against rival Giants
The Yokohama BayStars, the only team that had not yet played in the Climax Series since the postseason format was introduced in 2007, are up against a postseason regular, the Yomiuri Giants, as their best-of-three first-stage series begins Saturday at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2016
Late surge propels BayStars' Lopez to first monthly honor
Jose Lopez's late-season surge and 5-0 finishes for pitchers Yuta Iwasada and Hirotoshi Masui were recognized Friday, as each was named a monthly MVP in their respective league for the first time.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 2, 2016
Saito called up for World Cup qualifiers
Winger Manabu Saito of Yokohama F. Marinos was called up by Japan manager Vahid Halilhodzic on Saturday for two upcoming World Cup final qualifying matches after Mainz forward Yoshinori Muto and Augsburg's Takashi Usami pulled out with injuries.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 30, 2016
Fazekas guides Brave Thunders past B-Corsairs
Former NBA center Nick Fazekas scored a game-high 31 points, including a pair of free throws with 17 seconds remaining, in the Kawasaki Brave Thunders' 87-85 win over the visiting Yokohama B-Corsairs on Friday night.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2016
Yokohama hospital murders
Hospitals aren't always the safe places we hope they are, and greater security measures must be put in place.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2016
Police suspect inside job in fatal drip poisonings at Yokohama hospital
Police increasingly suspect that the killing of two patients at a hospital in Yokohama may have been conducted by a person connected with the facility and with medical knowledge, investigative sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2016
BayStars, fans give Miura emotional send-off in final start of 25-year career
Daisuke Miura didn't get a fairy tale ending. Instead, Hama no Bancho (Boss of Yokohama) went out fighting; grinding for every last out in a blaze of guts and glory as he tried to summon every last ounce of baseball left in his 42-year-old body and leave it all on the field.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2016
Ramirez praises retiring BayStars pitcher Miura's professionalism
To borrow the words of his manager, retiring star pitcher Daisuke Miura was a "professional player."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2016
Yokohama hospital says 48 patients died on same floor as poisoned pair
Oguchi Hospital thought the reason was because it had been accepting more seriously ill patients, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2016
Serial poisoner may have injected toxin into multiple drip bags at Yokohama hospital
Police investigating a possible serial poisoner at a Yokohama hospital believe the killer injected a toxin into multiple intravenous drip bags after they were brought out of storage.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2016
Police examine IV drip bags in search for clues at hospital wracked by suspicious deaths
Police suspect a serial poisoner has been killing patients at Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama.

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