Hayato Sakamoto put on a show with his bat a few nights ago in Hiroshima, but saved just enough to ensure the Chunichi Dragons wouldn’t feel left out. Sakamoto drove in three runs, Shinnosuke Abe homered, and reliever Scott Mathieson pulled the Kyojin‘s feet ...
There may not have been a better story in Japanese baseball this season than the rise of the Hiroshima Carp. There may not be a better team than the Yomiuri Giants. Captain Shinnosuke Abe drove in a pair of runs and starter Toshiya Sugiuchi ...
Shinnosuke Abe stood at the plate with two outs and down to his final strike with his team losing in the eighth inning. Then the Yomiuri Giants captain did what he almost always does: he came through with the big hit. Abe connected on ...
The Yomiuri Giants have won the last 37 times Shinnosuke Abe has homered at Tokyo Dome. That’s an impressive streak, even if it is aided by a number of circumstances, not least of which the fact the Kyojin are normally very good at home. ...
It takes a lot to stop the Yomiuri Giants once they get on a roll. A whole lot more than Ryoma Nogami and the Seibu Lions had Friday night. Shinnosuke Abe put the Giants ahead with a three-run home run in the third inning, ...
The Yomiuri Giants claim a season-opening series win over the Hiroshima Carp.
Atsushi Nomi walked through Union Square alongside teammate Takashi Toritani, heading south on San Francisco’s Powell Street in the direction of Samurai Japan’s hotel, a little after midnight Monday morning, just hours after Japan was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic. The square was ...
