• PRINT SUBSCRIBERS |
  • SUBSCRIBE |
  • Login
  • My Account
  • (FREE ARTICLE)
weather icon

2

M/CLOUDY

TOKYO (6 a.m.)

  • Markets
  • 103.75 ¥/$ (5 p.m.)

The Japan Times

Alex Ramirez

  • Login
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • My Account
  • TODAY'S PRINT EDITION ≫
  • PRINT SUBSCRIBERS ≫
  • (FREE ARTICLE)
  • MENU
  • Search
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • Community
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • City Guide
  • Support
  • Search
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Asia Pacific
    • Reference
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Commentary
    • Reader Mail
    • Cartoons
  • Life
    • Travel
    • Digital
    • Food & Drink
    • Environment
    • Style & Design
    • Language
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Community
    • Voices
    • Issues
    • Our Lives
    • Event listings
    • How-tos
    • Columns
  • Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Art
    • Stage
    • Events
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • TV
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Sports
    • Rugby
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Tennis
    • More Sports
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • City Guide
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Support
    • About us
    • Faqs
Pacific League far ahead of Central League in NPB arms race

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Dec 1, 2020

Pacific League far ahead of Central League in NPB arms race

by Jason Coskrey

Factors such as pitching have created a gulf on the field, while the PL has also innovated more with online broadcasting and brand marketing.

Alex Ramirez runs out of time with BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Oct 27, 2020

Alex Ramirez runs out of time with BayStars

by Jason Coskrey

The BayStars will now forge ahead without the manager who has won more than anyone else there in over 20 years.

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez to step down after season: source

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 24, 2020

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez to step down after season: source

Alex Ramirez is set to resign as manager of the YokohamaDeNA BayStars at the end of the season, with farm team manager and former ace pitcher Daisuke Miura emerging as his likely successor, sources close to the team said Friday. The BayStars' pennant hopes evaporated ...

Stefen Romero flying high with Eagles

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Aug 10, 2020

Stefen Romero flying high with Eagles

by Jason Coskrey

Romero signed with the Eagles as a free agent in January and he's been a hit in Sendai so far.

BayStars starters setting tone on mound

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | This Week in NPB Aug 3, 2020

BayStars starters setting tone on mound

by Jason Coskrey

For all of the noise that's surrounded the Yokohama BayStars recently — namely people taking swipes at the manager and closer Yasuaki Yamasaki's troubles — the team is keeping its head above water. The BayStars are coming off a solid week, having taken two of ...

Rain and empty stands greet players as long-delayed NPB season begins

Japanese Baseball Jun 19, 2020

Rain and empty stands greet players as long-delayed NPB season begins

by Jason Coskrey

Japanese baseball began play on Friday evening, three months after its campaign was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez wants more from rookie pitcher Yuya Sakamoto

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 22, 2020

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez wants more from rookie pitcher Yuya Sakamoto

by Jason Coskrey

One of the biggest adjustments Yokohama BayStars rookie pitcher Yuya Sakamoto made on Saturday was wearing a hat one size smaller than usual. When the left-hander pitched for Ritsumeikan University, his cap had a tendency to come flying off, and he was under orders from ...

Tigers hurler Yuki Nishi, pitching counterparts practice patience for start of season

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Mar 12, 2020

Tigers hurler Yuki Nishi, pitching counterparts practice patience for start of season

by Jason Coskrey

Handing the ball to Yuki Nishi to start the season was probably a no-brainer for the Hanshin Tigers. Nishi was a celebrated free-agent acquisition in the winter of 2018, when he switched his Kansai allegiances from the Orix Buffaloes to the Tigers. He was Hanshin's ...

BayStars, Tigers managers react to NPB's decision to push back start of season

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 10, 2020

BayStars, Tigers managers react to NPB's decision to push back start of season

by Jason Coskrey

The fog of uncertainty surrounding the NPB season hung just as think in the air at Yokohama Stadium as the gray clouds that hovered above the ballpark on Tuesday morning. The Yokohama BayStars and Hanshin Tigers were supposed to play a preseason game in the ...

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez believes team has talent to contend

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Jan 28, 2020

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez believes team has talent to contend

by Jason Coskrey

Alex Ramirez, the manager of the Yokohama BayStars, responded to the loss of his best player by declaring the dawning of a new generation. Ramirez expects his BayStars to be good this year, even without Yoshitomo Tsutsugo in the No. 4 spot. He misses the ...

BayStars unveil Keita Sano as team's new captain

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 25, 2020

BayStars unveil Keita Sano as team's new captain

by Jason Coskrey

Keita Sano modeled the Yokohama BayStars' new visitors' uniform on a slightly windy Saturday night at Osanbashi Pier in Yokohama. While all the BayStars will be wearing the new "Yokohama Blue" threads this year, Sano's will have an extra touch the others won't. A captain's ...

Yokohama to retain Ramirez as manager for fifth season

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 8, 2019

Yokohama to retain Ramirez as manager for fifth season

The DeNA Baystars said Tuesday that manager Alex Ramirez would stay at the helm next season despite the Yokohama-based Central League team making an early exit from the postseason playoffs. The 45-year-old told owner Tomoko Namba after Monday's 2-1 loss to the Hanshin Tigers, in ...

VIEW OLDER ARTICLES

  • WHAT’S TRENDING
  • EDITORS’ PICKS
  • Kamala Harris will make history. So will her ‘big, blended’ family.
    Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her family watch fireworks after addressing supporters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 7. As Harris ascends to a barrier-breaking role, with her loved ones looking on, millions of Americans will see a more expansive version of the American family staring back at them.
  • Japan scrambles to roll out vaccine, but how many people will get the shot?
    Special freezers that can store COVID-19 vaccines are kept at a company facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
  • China eyes bolstering control of rare earths as national strategy
    Neodymium is displayed at the Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co. factory in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, in May 2010.
  • Japan suicides jumped 16% in COVID-19 second wave after drop in first
    A handful of shoppers walk through the Nishiki market in Kyoto on Thursday. Suicide rates in Japan have jumped in the second wave of the pandemic, particularly among women and children, even though they fell in the first wave when the government offered generous handouts to people, a survey has found.
  • India must legalize same-sex marriage
    A participant holds a banner during an event promoting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights in Mumbai, India, in February 2020.
  • The Trump administration is over, but will its Asia policies continue to resonate?

    Thumbnail image
  • Shocking concussion incident should be wake-up call for sumo

    Thumbnail image
  • Joe did it. But how?

    Thumbnail image
  • McConnell says Capitol mob were 'fed lies' and ‘provoked by the president’

    Thumbnail image
  • Access denied: Virus third wave forces hand of Japan's medical system

    Thumbnail image
COVID-19 banner

PODCAST

  • DEEP DIVE

    Episode 78: Japan's foreign residents are trapped — Part 3

    LAST UPDATED: Jan 20, 2021

JAPAN NETWORK UPDATES

  • Directory of who’s who in the world of business in Japan

    LAST UPDATED: Jun 8, 2020

    JAPAN NETWORK UPDATES
Return to The Japan Times top page
JT Digital Archives The Japan Times Alpha Jobs Study in Japan JT for Women JT Bookclub Japanese School Directory
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ePaper Edition
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Asia Pacific
    • Reference
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Commentary
    • Reader Mail
    • Cartoons
  • Life
    • Travel
    • Digital
    • Food & Drink
    • Environment
    • Style & Design
    • Language
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Community
    • Voices
    • Issues
    • Our Lives
    • Event listings
    • How-tos
    • Columns
  • Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Art
    • Stage
    • Events
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • TV
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Sports
    • Rugby
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Tennis
    • More Sports
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • City Guide
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Support
    • About us
    • Faqs
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Link Policy
  • Reprints
  • FAQs
  • Support
  • Announcements
  • Press
  • Sitemap
  • Advertise

The Japan Times LTD. All rights reserved.

The Japan Times