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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

Oct 29, 2007

Young star Darvish impresses Dragons

SAPPORO — One day after Yu Darvish put on one of the greatest shows in Japan Series history the Chunichi Dragons were still a little awe-struck.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 28, 2007

Darvish, Seguignol key Hammies' win

SAPPORO — Yu Darvish is beginning to become a playoff legend.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 27, 2007

Fighters yearn to repeat; Dragons want different outcome

SAPPORO — A lot of the faces may be the same, but this year's Japan Series is showing just how quickly things can change.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 27, 2007

Ochiai still defies conventional wisdom

SAPPORO — After the Chunichi Dragons won the Central League Climax Series title, there were no wild celebrations, no beer fights and certainly no managers being tossed into the air. Hardly traditional, which is exactly what you would've expected from Hiromitsu Ochiai.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 21, 2007

Dragons earn return trip to Japan Series

The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League title but the Chunichi Dragons are going to the Japan Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 20, 2007

Dragons top Giants; take 2-0 series lead

The introduction of the Climax Series in the Central League this year gave the Chunichi Dragons a new lease on life and they're making sure they make the most of it.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 19, 2007

Fighters move to Japan Series

SAPPORO — Trey Hillman said that hitting home runs was not the Fighters' style. He may be right, but Fernando Seguignol sure did look stylish doing it.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 18, 2007

Darvish, Naruse square off in marquee Game 5 matchup

SAPPORO — Yu Darvish and Yoshihisa Naruse were arguably the two best pitchers in Japanese baseball this season.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 18, 2007

Fighters, Marines stay relaxed

SAPPORO — One day before the Pacific League title and a place in the Japan Series will be on the line, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Chiba Lotte Marines were a relaxed bunch.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 17, 2007

Satozaki sizzler powers Marines

SAPPORO — Masaru Takeda has probably seen enough of Tomoya Satozaki to last him a lifetime.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 17, 2007

Glynn comes up with goods

SAPPORO — With the Chiba Lotte Marines threatening to take control of the series, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were looking for a good game out of starting pitcher Ryan Glynn. He responded with the game of his life.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 16, 2007

Marines level series

SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters posed for their Pacific League Championship picture after Game 2, but all the in-game glamour shots belonged to Tomoya Satozaki.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 16, 2007

Nishioka, Morimoto spark ballclubs as leadoff hitters

SAPPORO — Chiba Lotte's Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Nippon Ham's Hichori Morimoto are two of the biggest stars in Japanese baseball, despite neither really hitting for a lot of power or driving in a lot of runs.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 16, 2007

Big seventh inning propels Fighters

SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are a tight-knit group known for going that extra mile for one another. Against the Chiba Lotte Marines in Game 3 they went the extra mile and then some.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 14, 2007

Darvish fires Fighters to win

SAPPORO — On a day when the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters came up with all the big hits, the Chiba Lotte Marines still couldn't find an answer for Yu Darvish.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 13, 2007

Marines, Fighters set to square off

Here are five key questions ahead of the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series between the last two Japan Series Champions, the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters:

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 13, 2007

Will mercurial Tigers end slump?

Here are five questions heading into the first stage of the Central League Climax Series between the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons:

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 12, 2007

Lotte's Naruse becomes dominant force on hill

CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines hurler Yoshihisa Naruse may look young off the mound, but over the past eight months the 21-year-old has looked more like an 10-year veteran on it.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 11, 2007

Omura, Naruse lift Marines in series clincher

CHIBA — After the Chiba Lotte Marines' Game 1 Pacific League Climax Series victory Lotte manager Bobby Valentine said that nobody had bigger guts than Saburo Omura. Fittingly in the series clincher, nobody had a bigger hit.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 10, 2007

Hawks level up series

CHIBA — After a while it didn't really seem to matter who was on the mound for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

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