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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2015
Giants rookie Takagi throws first career shutout to beat Tigers
Rookie Hayato Takagi pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout, Yoshiyuki Kamei drove in a pair of runs and the Yomiuri Giants took the rubber against the rival Hanshin Tigers with a 3-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 4, 2015
Trio of homers lauched Hanshin to title
As part of the celebration commemorating the 80 years of the Hanshin Tigers franchise, the ballclub will later this month remember the 30th anniversary of one of the most exciting moments in Japanese baseball home run history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2015
Tigers battery provides spark against struggling Giants
Ryutaro Umeno did most of the damage early, Randy Messenger did the heavy lifting late, and the Hanshin Tigers batterymates helped make sure their team's fans were the ones still cheering after the final out.
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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 24, 2015
Why did Matsui pick Yankees over Giants?
Former Yomiuri Giants star Hideki Matsui made news earlier this month with his decision to take a job with the New York Yankees. The move was seen as a curious one here for several reasons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 23, 2015
Cepeda hoping hard work pays off in second year in Japan
While much of the media horde tasked with covering the Yomiuri Giants has spent the spring either breathlessly reporting on every nuance of Shinnosuke Abe's transition from catcher to first base or peppering manager Tatsunori Hara about what's wrong with the club, Frederich Cepeda has been off to the...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 1, 2015
New Giants lefty Poreda settling in well
Despite an initial phase of uncertainty about moving to Japan, new Yomiuri Giants lefty Aaron Poreda appears to be taking well to pitching in unfamiliar territory.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 31, 2015
Spring training set to start
Spring training officially kicks off on Sunday for all 12 of Nippon Professional Baseball's teams in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 30, 2015
Matsui plans visit to Giants' training camp
Retired former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui will observe the Yomiuri Giants' spring training camp in Miyazaki on Feb. 3-4, Giants team representative Atsushi Harasawa revealed on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 17, 2015
Abe leaves big shoes to fill at catcher's spot in lineup
A few seasons ago, in 2012, the Yomiuri Giants won the Japan Series just a few days after the San Francisco Giants clinched the World Series title. While the two teams already shared a nickname and color scheme, it was the first time they'd reached the pinnacle of their respective leagues in the same...
BASEBALL
Jan 15, 2015
Matsui not expected to serve as spring training instructor for Giants, owner says
Yomiuri Giants owner Kojiro Shiraishi said Thursday it might be difficult to have former Giants and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui back this season as an instructor during spring training.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 18, 2014
Giants win ¥1.6 million lawsuit against ex-GM Kiyotake
The Yomiuri Giants and its owner, Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, defeated the club's former general manager, Hidetoshi Kiyotake on Thursday in a lawsuit battle at the Tokyo District Court.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2014
Japan's media needs to act as a watchdog, not a lapdog
Cozy relationships between Japan's mainstream media and politicians have helped to enable much of the cronyism, irresponsible behavior and policy drift that the prime minister is supposedly trying to eradicate.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2014
Yomiuri's 'sex slave' apology raises media eyebrows overseas
Overseas media reported over the weekend about an unusual apology made Friday by Japan's largest newspaper for its longtime use of the term "sex slaves" and for using "other inappropriate expressions" to refer to the "comfort women," mostly Asian women who were forced to work in Imperial Japanese brothels...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2014
Kaneko, Sugano claim MVP awards
Chihiro Kaneko put up big numbers last season, but was largely out of the spotlight when it was time to give out awards. This time around, the Orix Buffaloes ace was one of the main attractions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2014
Giants acquire pitchers Poreda, Mikolas
The Yomiuri Giants announced Tuesday that they have signed left-hander Aaron Poreda and right-hander Miles Mikolas, both of whom pitched last season for the American League's Texas Rangers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 20, 2014
Tigers had right touch during final stage of CL Climax Series
The final stage of the Central League Climax Series was all about clutch plays. More so, the ones the Hanshin Tigers made at the plate and all over the field, and the stench of missed opportunity that lingered after most of the Yomiuri Giants' half-innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2014
Tigers advance to Japan Series for first time since 2005
Check the locks on all the Colonel Sanders statues in Osaka, because the Hanshin Tigers are headed back to the Japan Series and it was a big home run from a bearded foreign star that helped get them there.

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