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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

Aug 29, 2008

Giants' Uehara returns to rotation with a win

Koji Uehara returned to the Yomiuri Giants' starting rotation against the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday night.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 27, 2008

Abe eases back into the groove

It didn't take Shinnosuke Abe long to get back into the swing of things.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Aug 26, 2008

Beijing exit must spur bout of soul-searching

The fall was as stunning as it was quick.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 26, 2008

Furuki gives late Giants last laugh

If nothing else, the Yomiuri Giants sure have a flair for the dramatic.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

Aug 10, 2008

Japan routed by CL squad in final tuneup

Japan's final Olympic tuneup featured a team that put on a gold medal-worthy performance both at the plate and on the mound on Saturday.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

Aug 9, 2008

Japan barely wins in Olympic tuneup

The Japan national team did just enough to get a win on Friday night. It'll probably take a lot more to bring home the gold in Beijing.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

Aug 5, 2008

'Hoshino Japan' shakes off injury concerns as preparations heat up

The Olympics haven't started yet, but "Hoshino Japan" has already dodged a bullet.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 2, 2008

Uchikawa sparks CL to All-Star win

YOKOHAMA — There were fireworks going off during the second game of the NPB All-Star Series on Friday.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 2, 2008

Serious Ochiai enjoys rare chance to joke around

YOKOHAMA — Hiroshima Carp veteran Tomonori Maeda was returning to the dugout after fielding practice before the second game of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series on Friday at Yokohama Stadium when Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai decided it was time to have some fun.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 1, 2008

Yamasaki provides late-game heroics

OSAKA — Entering the bottom of the ninth of the first game in the NPB All-Star Series, it was pretty much a given the game's MVP would be a 40-year-old veteran.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 1, 2008

Rhodes, Sato share All-Star home run derby title

Four of baseball's top sluggers — Tuffy Rhodes of the Orix Buffaloes, Tomoaki Kanemoto of the Hanshin Tigers, G.G. Sato from the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants outfielder Alex Ramirez — competed in a home run derby before the first game of Nippon Professional Baseball's All-Star Series on Thursday....

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 31, 2008

Ogasawara, Ramirez form devastating duo for second-place Giants

When things looked bleak for the Yomiuri Giants earlier this season, Alex Ramirez almost single-handedly kept the Kyojin afloat.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 27, 2008

Giants make up deficit to race past sorry Swallows

The Yomiuri Giants played small ball to get back into their game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They made things simple and just hit the ball over the fence when they were ready to win it.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 26, 2008

Darvish poised for spotlight at Olympics

Cuba beat Japan 4-0 in the final of the 2004 World Junior Baseball Championships, resulting in the Japanese starter that day ending the tournament 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 19, 2008

Stubborn Lions fend off Marines' late broadside

CHIBA — The Seibu Lions weren't exactly roaring on Friday night but they did enough to get the job done.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 19, 2008

Hoshino makes gutsy decision by sticking with Uehara

Japan manager Senichi Hoshino took a gamble on Thursday afternoon.

OLYMPICS

Jul 18, 2008

Hoshino places faith in Olympic qualifiers

Japan announced its 24-man baseball roster for the Beijing Olympics during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday afternoon.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 13, 2008

Ogasawara, Ramirez blaze Giants past BayStars

The Yokohama BayStars tried to go homer for homer with the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday night.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 12, 2008

Talented Tigers excel in season's first half

The Hanshin Tigers are so far ahead in the Central League standings the Japanese media has already given them a magic number.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 12, 2008

Greisinger puts the squeeze on BayStars as Giants take second place

Don't look now but here come Seth Greisinger and the Yomiuri Giants.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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