
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 30, 2021
Swallows rally past BayStars for first victory of season
by Jason Coskrey
The Swallows picked up their first win of the year after being swept at home by the Hanshin Tigers to start the season.
Swallows rally past BayStars for first victory of season
The Swallows picked up their first win of the year after being swept at home by the Hanshin Tigers to start the season.
NPB returns with flourish as reminders of virus linger
Following an offseason that was shorter than usual, pro baseball returned to Japan over the weekend. There were home runs, super plays in the field, highly anticipated debuts and even fans in the stands. There were also, however, reminders things aren’t quite back to normal ...
Yoshiyuki Kamei still Giants' ace in hole
Yoshiyuki Kamei doesn’t actually hit a walk-off, or otherwise huge, home run every time he steps up to the plate — it just feels that way sometimes.
Yoshiyuki Kamei powers Giants to win with sayonara home run on opening day
Kamei made his only at-bat of the night count, connecting on a sayonara home run to send the Yomiuri Giants to an 8-7 win over the Yokohama BayStars on opening day at Tokyo Dome.
Six players to watch in the Pacific League in 2021
Japanese baseball is back, which makes this a great time to single out a few players in the Pacific League who fans should keep an eye on this season.
Six players to watch in the Central League in 2021
Japanese baseball is back on Friday, which makes this a great time to single out a few players in the Central League who fans should keep an eye on this season. Shosei Togo, Yomiuri Giants, pitcher Togo is the Giants' future. If Tomoyuki Sugano had signed with ...
Hawks remain team to beat in Pacific League as new challengers emerge
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview ending with the 2021 Pacific League.
Central League teams out to end Giants’ reign at top
The first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2021 Central League.
Nippon Professional Baseball said Monday that games will end in nine innings and no extra innings will be played this season to accommodate early closing hours at restaurants and bars in the Tokyo Metropolitan region amid the coronavirus pandemic. The government's state of emergency for ...
Former Rakuten pitcher Darrell Rasner recalls 3/11 'heartbreak'
The American right-hander, who helped the Eagles capture the Japan Series in 2013, vividly remembers the "strength and compassion" shown by those in the region after the disaster.
Japan’s travel ban has left foreign baseball players in limbo
Colin Rea — like more than a dozen other players who joined Japanese clubs in the offseason — is in limbo.
Up to 10,000 spectators will be admitted for games at this month's prestigious spring invitational high school baseball tournament, organizers announced Thursday. A year after it canceled the tournament at iconic Koshien Stadium outside Osaka for the first time, the Japan High School Baseball Federation ...