Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 30, 2013

Kisanuki tosses complete game; Fighters cruise to fifth straight win

Hiroshi Kisanuki went the distance on one-run ball, Keiji Obiki hit a bases-clearing triple in a five-run sixth inning and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters routed the Seibu Lions 9-1 to win their fifth game in a row on Saturday afternoon. The rejuvenated Fighters returned ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 14, 2013

Fighters' Kisanuki shuts out Tigers

Hiroshi Kisanuki posted his first shutout as a member of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Thursday in a 3-0 interleague victory over the Hanshin Tigers, who fell from the top spot in the Central League standings. Kisanuki, a 33-year-old right-hander with his third club, ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Jan 24, 2013

Trading four-time All-Star Itoi doesn't make sense for Fighters

by Jason Coskrey

So why did the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters trade away arguably the best player on their team, if not in the entire Pacific League?