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Dan Latham
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BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 6, 2002
Hawks stall Cabrera's hunt for 56th HR
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- You can walk Alex Cabrera to prevent him from breaking the home record, but don't try hitting him with a pitch. He might take it personally.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 3, 2002
Cabrera cracks No. 55
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- For a while it looked like Alex Cabrera was going to have to adopt the song the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes play for Norihiro Nakamura every time he walks up to the plate: "Mission Impossible."
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 21, 2002
Chiba puts Lions' PL party on hold
CHIBA -- Nate Minchey made sure things didn't go the way the Seibu Lions had expected Friday night.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 17, 2002
Hawks' All-Star Pedraza leaves nest, vows to return
If Fukuoka Daiei Hawks slugger Nobuhiko Matsunaka appeared to be in a hurry to get home after Sunday's game against the Chiba Lotte Marines, there was a simple explanation. He had to cook a farewell dinner for his buddy Rodney Pedraza, who was spending his last night in Japan after being told Friday he would be released by the Hawks.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 5, 2002
Ham proves too much for Lions
The Seibu Lions hit a speed bump Wednesday night on their way to their first pennant since 1998.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 29, 2002
Red hot Swallows close gap on Giants
The Yakult Swallows are starting to look like birds of prey.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 25, 2002
Tigers rue lost opportunities in tied game
Makoto Imaoka and George Arias homered as the Hanshin Tigers scratched out a 3-3 tie against the Yomiuri Giants at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 10, 2002
Giants show no mercy to Carp
Hideki Matsui extended his lead in the Central League home run race with his 29th and 30th homers of the season as the Yomiuri Giants overwhelmed the Hiroshima Carp 15-1 Friday night at the Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2002
Orix slugger Sheldon starting to make things happen
Scott Sheldon and his Orix BlueWave teammates may be in the same boat, but for the past month they've been rowing in opposite directions.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 1, 2002
Giants slay Dragons as Matsui cleans up
Hideki Matsui belted his 25th and 26th homers and Hisanori Takahashi went the distance as the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants crushed the Chunichi Dragons 10-2 Wednesday night at the Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 18, 2002
Giants rally to beat BayStars
The Yokohama BayStars learned once again that no lead is safe against the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 14, 2002
Powell, Matoyama lead PL revenge
MATSUYAMA, Ehime Pref. -- It turned out to be another great night for Kansai baseball.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 11, 2002
Yakult's Hodges shows he's worthy of all-star status
YOKOHAMA -- Kevin Hodges gave an early All-Star performance Tuesday night as the Yakult Swallows beat the Yokohama BayStars 6-1 at Yokohama Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 11, 2002
Obando's 'sayonara' home run hands Fighters sweep over Buffs
Sherman Obando belted a game-winning homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday night as the Nippon Ham Fighters gave their dwindling number of fans one last hurrah before the All-Star break begins.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 9, 2002
Kanemura goes the distance in Ham win
D.T. Cromer and Sherman Obando drove in all of Nippon Ham's runs and Satoru Kanemura went the distance as the Fighters defeated the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 7-3 Monday night at the Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 5, 2002
It may be the world's most popular sport, but not here in Japan
If there was any defining moment for Japanese sports last month, it surely came right after Turkey eliminated the lads in blue from the World Cup on June 18.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 28, 2002
Cromer packs a punch as Ham grills Seibu
Nippon Ham may be struggling in the bottom half of the Pacific League standings, but they showed the pace-setting Seibu Lions on Thursday they still had some fight left.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 20, 2002
Timing seems to be right for Lions import Evans
Not every American in this part of the world was celebrating Monday afternoon when the United States upset Mexico 2-0 in the World Cup.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 17, 2002
Swallows blank Giants
A solo home run from Akinori Iwamura was all Yakult needed as the Swallows shut down the Yomiuri Giants' powerful offense with a 1-0 victory Thursday night at the Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 9, 2002
The swingin' F's
For the first time in three days, the Nippon Ham Fighters came out swinging.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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