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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2000

Kiyohara leads Giants to win over BayStars

Revitalized Kazuhiro Kiyohara sparked the Yomiuri offense once again Wednesday as the Giants survived a late-inning scare to shake off the Yokohama BayStars 8-7 at Yokohama Stadium and solidify their Central League lead.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 2, 2000

Kiyohara, Matsui punish BayStars

Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit a three-run home run as the Central League's front-running Yomiuri Giants beat the Yokohama BayStars 4-2 at Yokohama Stadium on Tuesday and extended their winning streak to three.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 29, 2000

Matsuzaka flirts with no-hitter

Daisuke Matsuzaka threw a no-hitter over eight-plus innings and Susumu Otomo hit a two-run homer to pace the Seibu Lions to a 6-0 victory over the last-placed Kintetsu Buffaloes at the Osaka Dome on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 18, 2000

Barry carries Marines

Pinch-hitter Jeff Barry doubled with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning Monday to drive in three runs and lead the Lotte Marines 6-5 over the Seibu Lions at Chiba Marine Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 17, 2000

Jojima, Hawks snuff Buffs

All-star catcher Kenji Jojima singled home Arihito Muramatsu with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to give the Daiei Hawks their fifth "sayonara" victory of the season, 4-3 over the Nippon Ham Fighters at the Fukuoka Dome.
OLYMPICS
Jul 6, 2000

Sydney to fall short of eliminating drugs from Games

Australia vowed to run drugs off the road to the Olympics when it won the right to host the Games in Sydney this September, but the wheels of sports bureaucracy do not spin fast enough to outpace performance-enhanced athletes.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 2, 2000

Hanshin pinstripes a good fit for Franklin

Micah Franklin shakes hands with Hanshin Tigers official Katsuyoshi Nozaki during a press conference Thursday at the club office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. I'd like to think Micah Franklin took my advice.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 2, 2000

Way too much jello has been going to waist

My husband is in to soft-porn: the Victoria's Secret catalog. Whenever a new catalog comes in the mail, he's got it ripped open before I even get a glance at the latest cheetah-print lingerie Naomi Campbell is modeling. Victoria's Secret is most famous for their lingerie, but they also sell an array...
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2000

Santen blackmail suspect questioned

OSAKA — Police questioning a 56-year-old man arrested Friday afternoon for alleged attempted blackmail of Santen Pharmaceutical Co. found the suspect had no personal ties to the leading eyewash maker.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 23, 2000

Wilson's hat trick of homers keys Fighters

Designated-hitter Nigel Wilson went 3-for-5 with three solo homers as the surging Nippon Ham Fighters cruised to a 14-5 victory over the Lotte Marines at the Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Osaka releases detailed Olympic plan submitted to IOC

OSAKA — The city of Osaka on Thursday released the details of its 2008 Olympic plans, three days after submitting them to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 21, 2000

Elvira no-hits Lions

Southpaw Narciso Elvira, formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers, tossed a no-hitter while fanning nine batters Tuesday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes blanked the Central League-leading Seibu Lions 4-0.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jun 20, 2000

This next one's for Mom: getting their Crispy Nuts off

"What you doing tonight?" asks Paul. "I'm going to see Crispy Nuts at Antiknock," I answer.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 18, 2000

Giants and 'Maru-chan' a perfect match

Yomiuri Giants first baseman Domingo Martinez last week celebrated his one-year anniversary with the team, and plucking him out of the Mexican League last June and bringing him back to Japan was one of the best things the Giants have ever done.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 11, 2000

A journey to golf's front line

PYONGYANG -- I don't know who was more surprised, the caddie, the minder or myself. It was a pretty average tee shot, but a ricochet of applause had startled the birds from the trees. We were not alone after all. Waiting for us over the hill were dozens of Young Pioneers, beaming, red-scarved children,...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 7, 2000

Giants won't release Galvez

The Yomiuri Giants are not ready to release disgruntled pitcher Balvino Galvez, the general manager of the Central League club said Monday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 4, 2000

Dang! There goes Dingo

Too bad about Dave "Dingo" Nilsson leaving the Chunichi Dragons. He's gone back to his native Australia for treatment of a painful lower back condition, and it appears his Japan career, at least at the varsity level, may have come to an end. What was supposed to have been an exciting season in Japan...
BASEBALL / MLB
May 26, 2000

BayStars finally end Giants' jinx

Satoru Komiyama tossed a six-hit shutout for Yokohama on Wednesday at the Fukuoka Dome, lifting the BayStars over the Yomiuri Giants 1-0 for their first win against Yomiuri this season in eight tries. Komiyama struck out eight and walked none for his fourth win. Lefty Darrell May also fanned eight and...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 23, 2000

Basho, a man for all seasons

REDISCOVERING BASHO: A 300th Anniversary Celebration, edited by Stephen Henry Gill & C. Andrew Gerstle. Kent: Global Oriental/Global Books, 1999, 168 pp., 14.95 British pounds. During the 300 years since his death, Basho has turned into Japan's most famous poet, the personification of haiku culture...
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2000

American moms bite the bullet

Amillion moms -- give or take a few hundred thousand -- spent a sunny Mother's Day last Sunday on the Mall in Washington, D.C. demonstrating in support of stricter gun-control laws in the United States. The event was predictably marked by equal parts media gush and public yawns. The question is, was...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 21, 2000

Bun-chan's pitching reminiscent of Bross

The pitching of Chunichi Dragons right-hander Mel Bunch during the first six weeks of this season reminds me of the way Terry Bross was throwing for the Yakult Swallows during the second half of 1995. If you were here then, you may recall Bross, also in his first year in Japan, posted a 5-5 record through...
BUSINESS
May 10, 2000

Japan lacks leadership: OECD chief

Japan needs political leadership to carry out regulatory reforms necessary for people to enjoy the benefits of the emerging globalized economy, the head of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 22, 2000

Matsuzaka hurt in Lions victory

The Seibu Lions overcame an injury to Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 5-1 Friday, moving into a tie for first place with the idle Orix BlueWave in the Pacific League standings.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 20, 2000

Loose lips can sometimes sink skips

After the New York Mets lost their season opener in Tokyo last month, a few players headed to Roppongi for some beers. On their way to hailing a taxi, one of the team's starting infielders turned to his teammates and said: "I'll tell you one thing about Bobby Valentine. He's the smartest mother (expletive)...
MORE SPORTS
Apr 18, 2000

Cowboys-Falcons tilt set for Tokyo Dome

The five-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys make their second appearance in Japan when they take on the Atlanta Falcons on Aug. 6 at the Tokyo Dome in NFL Tokyo 2000, a National Football League international preseason game which was formerly known as the American Bowl.

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