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.
For Jason Coskrey's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Rick van den Hurk just knows how to win under the bright lights. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' Dutch right-hander proved it again on Wednesday night at MetLife Dome, when he helped lead the Hawks to a 10-4 victory over the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions ...
It took 18 games and 13 losing decisions for Yusei Kikuchi to finally pick up a win against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. The Hawks only needed one big inning to both restore order and also get even in their climax series matchup. SoftBank tagged Kikuchi for ...
Tomoyuki Sugano turned, slapped his glove and thrust both arms into air once the ball was safely secure in Daikan Yoh's glove in center field. He wore a broad smile as catcher Seiji Kobayashi enveloped him in a hug near the mound at Jingu ...
If there was any lingering doubt about who Japan's best pitcher was, Tomoyuki Sugano put it to rest. Just like he did the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' season. Sugano sent the Yomiuri Giants to the next round of the postseason in style, twirling a no-hitter in the ...
Kazuma Okamoto has spent all season showing why many think he could be one of Japan's next great slugging stars. Now he'll get to show it against some of MLB's best. Okamoto, the Yomiuri Giants' 22-year-old cleanup hitter, was given his first call-up to the Samurai ...
During August and September, esports competitions took the stage in two very different and significant places. In August, esports had a presence at the Asian Games in Indonesia as a demonstration sport alongside swimming, track and field and other traditional athletics endeavors. Then in September, ...
Kei Nishikori was everywhere. Whether it was the left side of the court, the right side of the court or near the net, for large stretches it seemed like wherever Benoit Paire hit the ball, Nishikori was there to meet it. Before long, they were ...
The pitching staff of the Seibu Lions has put up some scary numbers in 2018. Not scary-good numbers either. The recently crowned Pacific League champions entered Wednesday's games with a 4.23 team ERA that ranked 10th in NPB. They're eighth in Japan in fielding independent ...
The Japan Times presents the fifth installment of a monthly 12-part series that looks back at the leading issues of the past three decades.
Before watching his two former NPB clubs take the field in a crucial late-season game, the retiring Shuichi Murata urged them to give everything they had during the contest. They must've gotten the message, because they gave him a good show. Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano and ...
