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.
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Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Mar 29, 2021
NPB returns with flourish as reminders of virus linger
by Jason Coskrey
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 ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 27, 2021
Yoshiyuki Kamei still Giants' ace in hole
by Jason Coskrey
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.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 26, 2021
Yoshiyuki Kamei powers Giants to win with sayonara home run on opening day
by Jason Coskrey
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.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB Preview Mar 26, 2021
Six players to watch in the Pacific League in 2021
by Jason Coskrey
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.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB Preview Mar 25, 2021
Six players to watch in the Central League in 2021
by Jason Coskrey
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 ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB Preview Mar 25, 2021
Hawks remain team to beat in Pacific League as new challengers emerge
by Jason Coskrey
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview ending with the 2021 Pacific League.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB Preview Mar 24, 2021
Central League teams out to end Giants’ reign at top
by Jason Coskrey
The first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2021 Central League.
Japanese Baseball Mar 23, 2021
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 ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 10, 2021
Former Rakuten pitcher Darrell Rasner recalls 3/11 'heartbreak'
by Jason Coskrey
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.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 6, 2021
Japan’s travel ban has left foreign baseball players in limbo
by Brad Lefton
Colin Rea — like more than a dozen other players who joined Japanese clubs in the offseason — is in limbo.
Japanese Baseball Mar 5, 2021
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 ...