Lions' Ginjiro Sumitani elected as Motohiro Shima's successor as JPBPA chairman
Seibu Lions catcher Ginjiro Sumitani was elected to succeed Motohiro Shima as the head of the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association on Thursday. "I'll do my best to make the association better like my predecessor (Shima) did," the 30-year-old Sumitani said after he was chosen ...
NPB to proceed with revisions to home plate collision rules after explanation to players
Nippon Professional Baseball confirmed Saturday it will go ahead with revisions to its home plate collision guidelines but only after explaining the changes to the players. NPB had been leaning toward introducing the new standards — in which the guidelines will only be enforced in ...
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association on Friday decided to oppose Nippon Professional Baseball's potential mid-year introduction of the revised guidelines on preventing home plate collisions. The controversial guideline introduced this season strictly prohibits fielders from remaining in the third-base line as runners approach the ...
Players union, management hold talks about pushing back start of 2017 season
The players union met with management representatives on Friday to discuss delaying the start of the 2017 season on account of the World Baseball Classic. Nippon Professional Baseball has settled on a March 31 start for next season, but the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association ...
JPBPA requests later start to 2017 season to accommodate WBC
Japan's players union on Monday asked Nippon Professional Baseball to delay the start of the 2017 season so that those who play for NPB's team in next year's World Baseball Classic can better prepare for Opening Day. A negotiating team, including seven players, from the ...
Toru Matsubara, who organized Japanese baseball's only players' strike as the secretary general of the players union, died of urinary tract cancer on Sunday. He was 58. In 2004, the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association defied Nippon Professional Baseball's owners over restructuring the Pacific League ...
