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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

Jul 7, 2015

Chono changes Giants' fortunes with clutch triple in triumph over Swallows

Tuesday night was "Hisayoshi Chono Player's Day" at Tokyo Dome, and it was only fitting the man of the hour stole the show.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Jul 6, 2015

Fujinami, Messenger doing their part to keep Tigers in hunt

Pitchers Shintaro Fujinami and Randy Messenger have been about the only two things the Hanshin Tigers have really been able to count on over the last several weeks.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 4, 2015

Nakamura drives in five runs as Lions trample Marines

The Seibu Lions looked like an unstoppable force on Saturday afternoon. The Chiba Lotte Marines, on the other hand, were hardly an immovable object.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 30, 2015

Giants stage dramatic rally against Kuroda in ninth inning

It took nearly the entire game, but the Yomiuri Giants finally found the solution to their Hiroki Kuroda problem.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Jun 29, 2015

Otani on familiar path to elite status

There can't be a discussion about best pitcher in Japan anymore without Shohei Otani's name being mentioned. The young Hokkaido Nippon Ham star has been making that perfectly clear since the season began.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 28, 2015

Ramirez happy to be back in NPB

Alex Ramirez had an eventful first gameday on the job.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 27, 2015

Despaigne powers Marines past Buffaloes

Alfredo Despaigne set the tone early, and the rest of the Chiba Lotte Marines were in lockstep right behind him.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 23, 2015

BayStars snap 12-game slide

The Yokohama BayStars fans who made the trip to Tokyo were loud, enthusiastic, and kept cheering all the way until the end of their team's game against the Yomiuri Giants.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Jun 22, 2015

Central League clubs currently wallowing in mediocrity

There's a decent chance that at some time this week no Central League team will have a winning record.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 20, 2015

Giants hurler Mikolas baffles Dragons for seven innings

Miles Mikolas talked about his new haircut, getting into a footrace against Takahiro Suzuki and got a kiss from his wife, Lauren, on the field with more than 40,000 people screaming in the stands.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 19, 2015

Dragons' Hirata slugs three-run shot in 10th to sink Giants

The Chunichi Dragons rallied in the top of the eighth and ninth innings. The Yomiuri Giants pushed back in the bottom half of the ninth.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 16, 2015

Lions teenager Mori thriving on pro level

Tomoya Mori swings hard. Really, really hard. Sometimes, so hard he loses his balance for a moment.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Jun 15, 2015

Carp outfielder Schierholtz adjusting to life in Japan

There wasn't much time for Nate Schierholtz to really prepare himself for Japanese baseball. He'd opted out of his deal with the Texas Rangers on March 28. By April 19, he was already on the other side of the world in a red No. 57 jersey and hitting third for the Hiroshima Carp.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 11, 2015

Lions' Mejia delivers walk-off single in ninth against Carp

Ernesto Mejia slammed a bat into the side of a batting cage before the Seibu Lions' game on Thursday. After the game, any frustration he might've been feeling melted away into elation, and a wet jersey.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 9, 2015

Lions' Akiyama delivers game-winning double against Carp

Shogo Akiyama got the best of one of the best pitchers in Japan.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Jun 8, 2015

Sarfate continues to pitch at high level for Softbank

Dennis Sarfate doesn't seem to be very complicated. Sarfate wears his heart on his sleeve and says what he feels. He works hard, he plays hard, he throws hard. The way he pitched during his first three NPB seasons was similarly without complexity; he threw a really good fastball and got really good results....

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 6, 2015

Watertight defense gives Hawks win over Giants

The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' bats took a rare night off in a Central League park. Luckily the pitching staff was present and accounted for, and so was the defense.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 5, 2015

Hawks showcase strength of batting lineup in 16-hit attack

The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks just kept hitting, and hitting and hitting. All the Yomiuri Giants could do was ride out the storm until the game was over.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 31, 2015

Lions' Seratelli hopes to make mark in Japan

Before a game at Tokyo Dome last week, the Seibu Lions' Anthony Seratelli took a quick glance around to see where his father, Russell, might have sat.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 30, 2015

BayStars starter Ino stays poised, escapes trouble on mound

Shoichi Ino gave up a quite a few hits and he allowed a number of base runners in his start against the Chiba Lotte Marines. Ino made sure that runs, however, remained in short supply.

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