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Jason Coskrey

Jason Coskrey is a sports writer for The Japan Times. His primary focus is Japanese baseball, but he has also covered soccer, American football, boxing and basketball. He previously worked for the Marietta Daily Journal in Marietta, Ga. A native of Detroit, he is a graduate of the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 28, 2014

Struggles common for H.S. hurlers

Five teams chose left-hander Yuki Matsui in the first round of the 2013 draft.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Apr 26, 2014

Balentien, Swallows trying to see bright side

Wladimir Balentien doesn't subscribe to the theory held by some that it's easier to rebound from a slump that comes early in the year as opposed to one closer to the finish line.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 25, 2014

Luna powers Dragons past Swallows, helps Asakura end winless drought

Hector Luna heard from the Chunichi Dragons' translator that Friday night's starter, Kenta Asakura, hadn't won a game in nearly four seasons.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Apr 19, 2014

Good health keys Pena's torrid start

After hitting his ninth home run of the year a few hours earlier, Wily Mo Pena insisted there was nothing special behind his hot start to the year.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 18, 2014

Hara delivers game-winning double in 10th against Lions

The Orix Buffaloes just keep finding ways to win games early in the season.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Apr 14, 2014

Early troubles on mound could prove costly for Swallows

Every team faces some type of adversity, be it large or small, over the course of the season.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 11, 2014

Imae powers Marines past Eagles

The wind may have affected Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Takahiro Norimoto on Friday night, but not nearly as much as Toshiaki Imae's bat did.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Apr 11, 2014

Ongoing ball issues disturbing for NPB, Mizuno

One has to wonder if former NPB commissioner Ryozo Kato cracked a smile when he opened his newspaper Friday morning and saw that there are more questions surrounding the official NPB ball, knowing that this time, he's far away from the fray.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Apr 10, 2014

Seguignol says being flexible key to success in NPB

Fernando Seguignol towered over a group of people huddled near one of the batting cages on the field at Tokyo Dome, where the Yomiuri Giants' Leslie Anderson was getting his work in prior to a game against the Hiroshima Carp earlier this week.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 8, 2014

Carp teammates Dobayashi, Nomura provide big contributions against Giants

It's still very early in the season, but so far everything has come up red for the Hiroshima Carp.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 8, 2014

Giants left-hander Seddon set to make NPB debut

After a false alarm last week, Chris Seddon is finally ready to begin his career in Japan.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 7, 2014

NPB season too young to accurately identify trends

The NPB season is less than two weeks old, so it's too early to know if anything we've seen so far really has staying power.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Mar 31, 2014

Eagles would be wise to bring Matsui along slowly

Yuki Matsui is going to make his debut for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles during the team's first home series of the season this week, and he'd pretty much have to toss a shutout to match the hype.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Mar 28, 2014

Giants trounce Tigers in opener as storied franchise celebrates 80th anniversary

More than 300 former Yomiuri Giants players, including Hideki Matsui and Shigeo "Mr. Giants" Nagashima, were at Tokyo Dome on Opening Night to participate in a ceremony celebrating the franchise's 80th anniversary.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Mar 27, 2014

Giants, Hawks look like class of NPB as season begins

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BASEBALL

Mar 26, 2014

Yoh happy to carry on tradition as Fighters' showman

There has been a certain amount of pizazz associated with Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters center fielders the last several seasons.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Mar 24, 2014

Spotlight still shining on Nippon Ham's two-way star Otani

Shohei Otani poked his head out of the hallway leading to the visitors' clubhouse at Tokyo Dome and mumbled a shy query about the whereabouts of Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters PR man Hisashi Hatanaka before disappearing again.

Japan Times

LIFE / Digital

Mar 13, 2014

BitSummit reveals tantalizing homemade worlds of play

After a successful debut last year, former Q-Games producer James Mielke once again shone a light on Japan's independent gaming scene with the second edition of BitSummit, a gathering of independent developers.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Mar 10, 2014

Mathieson ready for action after refreshing offseason

If there was one thing Scott Mathieson enjoyed about the offseason, it was the family time.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Mar 8, 2014

Blanco out to prove stellar 2013 was no fluke

Tony Blanco was very good in 2013. Ridiculously good even, considering the already solid performer shattered a slew of career highs in one fell swoop.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.

The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers

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