Forever tied to nuclear disaster, Fukushima residents hope for PR boost from 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Two softball games and one baseball game in Fukushima next summer may be little more than an 2020 Olympic cameo, but local fans are thrilled to have them, largely in the hopes they will give their prefecture a badly needed public relations boost. Fukushima was ...
Former big leaguer and two-time World Baseball Classic winner Akinori Iwamura reflected on his 21-year career with pride on Monday as he announced he will retire at the end of the season. Iwamura, who has been a player-manager for the Fukushima Hopes since 2015 in ...
Akinori Iwamura, the former big leaguer who plays for and manages the Fukushima Hopes, will retire at the end of the season, his club announced Sunday. A slugging third baseman for the Central League's Yakult Swallows, the 38-year-old moved to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ...
Buck Martinez looks back on inaugural WBC, remains pleased with global growth of game
Former Team USA skipper Buck Martinez said he recalls everything from the game in Anaheim, California, where his team and manager Sadaharu Oh's Japan squad squared off in the second round of the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. "I recall me exchanging the lineup ...
