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BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 3, 2004

Sasaki to rejoin BayStars

Kazuhiro Sasaki, who left the Seattle Mariners with one year remaining on his contract, on Monday decided to make his comeback to the Japanese baseball scene with the Yokohama BayStars of the Central League, for whom he played from 1990 to 1999.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2004

Ota leads Osaka governor race: poll

Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota is out in front of the other candidates ahead of next Sunday's gubernatorial election, according to a Kyodo News survey conducted over the weekend.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 7, 2004

Yankees tickets and the foreign player 'scrap heap'

Happy New Year, and expect announcement real soon of details concerning the New York Yankees-Tampa Bay Devil Rays American League openers at Tokyo Dome on March 30-31. You know, who will be the sponsor? How much will the ticket prices be? Stuff like that.
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2004

Japan hoping to make Athens Games a gold rush

Japanese athletes are expected to figure in a rush on gold medals at the 2004 Olympics Games in Athens, on the strength of their showing in world championships in swimming, track and field, gymnastics and women's wrestling.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 24, 2003

Kazuo Matsui dropped the Big Egg for the Big Apple

Kazuo "Little" Matsui is set to be the next Japanese star to make a huge splash in the major leagues and become the latest toast of the town in New York.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 21, 2003

Kobayashi ties record

Right-hander Masahide Kobayashi matched a Pacific League high among Japanese players in re-signing with the Chiba Lotte Marines for an annual salary of 230 million yen for next season, baseball officials said Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 19, 2003

Tuffy set to sign with Giants

Former Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes has agreed to sign with the Yomiuri Giants, officials of the Central League team said Thursday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 6, 2003

The high cost of children -- don't kid yourself

At lunch with an old pal, I cannot help but notice the puffy bags hanging beneath his eyes.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2003

Ex-Tiger unveils campaign platform

OSAKA -- With promises ranging from shrinking the local bureaucracy to having Osaka host an annual Asian Series for baseball, former Hanshin Tigers pitcher Takenori Emoto unveiled his gubernatorial campaign platform Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 30, 2003

Jojima, Igawa named MVPs

Kenji Jojima of the Japan Series champion Daiei Hawks and Kei Igawa of the Central League pennant-winning Hanshin Tigers were named the Most Valuable Players of the 2003 baseball season on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2003

Daiei decides against IRCJ rehab request

Struggling supermarket chain Daiei Inc. has decided against seeking the help of the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan following a disagreement with IRCJ officials over the sale of its assets, it was learned Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 17, 2003

Hawks counting on Jojima at bat, behind plate

Daiei Hawks catcher Kenji Jojima had an outstanding season at the plate but it's the defensive numbers he's most proud of.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 4, 2003

Jojima, Matsunaka help Daiei ride BlueWave

Rookie lefty Tsuyoshi Wada pitched seven solid innings for his 14th win while Nobuhiko Matsunaka and Kenji Jojima both homered twice to lead the Daiei Hawks to a 10-4 victory over the Orix BlueWave on Friday at Yahoo BB Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2003

Nagashima names 22-man squad

National team manager Shigeo Nagashima on Monday announced his full squad, comprised of nine pitchers and 13 position players, for next month's Olympic Asian qualifying baseball tournament to be held at Sapporo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 23, 2003

MLB gets OK to start 2004 season in Japan

Event organizers of Japanese baseball said Monday they have given the green light to a request made by Major League Baseball to hold regular-season and exhibition games in Japan in March next year.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 21, 2003

Meiji University wins 1,000th game

Shigenori Kuremoto hit a "sayonara" homer as Meiji University beat Tokyo University 3-2 in the first round of the Tokyo Big Six Baseball League tournament on Saturday and became the second Japanese university team to record its 1,000th win.
COMMUNITY
Sep 21, 2003

Build a wicket and they will come

In 1996, a young bowler playing against the Bangladesh national cricket side dismissed two batsmen with consecutive balls -- the first delivered with his right arm, the second with his left.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2003

Colony Capital leads Daiei bidding

U.S. investment firm Colony Capital LLC has offered a higher bid for struggling retailer Daiei Inc.'s businesses in Fukuoka than that of a U.S. rival, informed sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2003

Ripplewood, Lehman in joint bid for Daiei assets

Ripplewood Holdings LLC and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. have made a joint bid for Daiei Inc.'s properties in Fukuoka, sources close to the bargaining said Wednesday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 22, 2003

Bobby Bonds: A lot more than Barry's dad

Too often in life we wait until someone is gone before expressing our admiration for them.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 20, 2003

Hawks looking good for one last pennant under Daiei banner

Hanshin. Hanshin. Hanshin. That's all we've been hearing during most of the 2003 Japan pro baseball season.

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