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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 23, 2007

When World Series ball becomes chew toy, there's lesson to be learned

Leave it to a pooch to put things in perspective.
Reader Mail
Dec 11, 2007

Oh's record viewed as tarnished

Regarding the Dec. 5 article "Oh honored by FSAJ for lifetime achievement": I was surprised to see that baseball great Sadaharu Oh was bestowed such an award by the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan without any apparent dissent. It's ironic -- given the unfairness that his teams perpetrated...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 9, 2007

Kroon latest player to attempt to break 'Yomiuri jinx'

Can Marc Kroon break a jinx with the Giants?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2007

Chunichi begins preparations for Konami Cup Asia Series

The Chunichi Dragons, who ended their 53-year NPB title drought by winning the Japan Series last week, went through a casual workout at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday afternoon to prepare for the Konami Cup Asia Series 2007, which begins on Thursday.
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 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.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 25, 2007

Nobuaki Kakuda

Nobuaki Kakuda, 46, is a karate fighter with the Seido Kaikan organization and the executive producer of K1, the Japanese sport that matches up practitioners of a variety of martial arts, such as karate, kickboxing, kung fu, tae kwan do and boxing. One of the world's strongest fighters, Kakuda is in...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Sep 20, 2007

Soccer pitchman scores big in small-market Niigata

Sunny but not too hot, the weather on the afternoon of May 6, 2001, was perfect for watching a soccer match. But there were only 4,800 people on hand to see Albirex Niigata take on Yokohama FC in the 18,671-seat Niigata City Stadium.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 16, 2007

Hillman's decision to leave Fighters comes as a shocker

The announcement last week by Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman that he would step down at the end of the season came as a shocker.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 16, 2007

Three cheers for the boys!

Take a moment to try to think seriously about cheerleaders. Nowadays, they don't just wear skimpy outfits, wave pompoms and do high kicks. Oh no, the cheerleaders jump, tumble and perform acrobatic stunts. And, of course, they dance, chant and smile as well. But colorful pompoms and short skirts apart,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 19, 2007

Veteran hurler Greisinger silences Giants' potent offense

Yakult Swallows hurler Seth Greisinger took the mound against the most potent offense in Japanese baseball and responded with eight shutout innings to lead his ballclub to a 3-0 victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 12, 2007

Foreign players showing the way among stats leaders

Don't look now, but foreign players could possibly sweep the six offensive titles in Japanese baseball this season. Through games of Aug. 10, non-Japanese names were on top of four of the categories and right behind in the other two.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 22, 2007

Former Tigers slugger Bass makes All-Star visit to Sendai

SENDAI — A blast from the past showed up at Game 2 of the Gulliver All-Star Series at Fullcast Stadium Saturday afternoon, infusing a little more star power into the already star-studded event.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2007

Resourceful Marines hold off Giants in matchup of first-place teams

CHIBA — It might have been "Hanabi Tuesday" at Chiba Marine Stadium, but the fireworks on the field rivaled anything going on in the heavens.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 10, 2007

Nothing black and white about Bonds debate

The kid who caught home run No. 714 off the bat of Barry Bonds a year ago scurried out of Oakland's stadium with his valuable souvenir without bothering to see what Bonds might want to offer for it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 12, 2007

Foreign managers change face of Japanese game

This is the second installment in a four-part series.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 1, 2007

More Japanese players in MLB means more games on TV

Here comes MLB 2007 with Opening Day this week and, as you might have expected, extensive coverage of games on Japanese TV featuring teams with favorite son players -- the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 18, 2007

Tuffy and Nori: Will they be comeback players of the year?

Former teammates Tuffy Rhodes and Norihiro Nakamura are trying out with Japanese baseball clubs in an effort to extend their careers, and the spring camps of the Orix Buffaloes and Chunichi Dragons have become more interesting with focus on their comeback attempts.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 17, 2006

Japan's top stars keep going, but they keep coming too

So, Daisuke Matsuzaka has signed with the Boston Red Sox, Akinori Iwamura has left the Tokyo Yakult Swallows for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Kei Igawa will be wearing the pinstripes of the New York Yankees rather than those of the Hanshin Tigers.

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