Former MLB, NPB star Munenori Kawasaki charms fans in Taiwan
Popular former major leaguer Munenori Kawasaki charmed Taiwanese fans Saturday with his mix of humor and mischief before beginning his coaching stint next month with Taiwan's Wei Chuan Dragons. Kawasaki has competed in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball but left the game in ...
Popular former major league infielder Munenori Kawasaki has been released by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and is stepping away, perhaps permanently, from the game because of a nerve disorder, he said Monday. After five years in the North American major and minor leagues, Kawasaki rejoined ...
Hawks' Kawasaki makes triumphant return in first NPB game since 2012
On a night when both teams were sporting throwback uniforms, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks introduced a throwback player, former big leaguer Munenori Kawasaki, in Friday's 3-1 Pacific League win over the Orix Buffaloes. A crowd of 22,293 witnessed the return of the Hawks' fan favorite ...
Munenori Kawasaki has been promoted to the top team for this weekend's three-game series against the Orix Buffaloes, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo said Thursday. Kudo said he will play the 35-year-old infielder, who signed a one-year deal with the Pacific League club earlier ...
Popular infielder Munenori Kawasaki joined the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday on a one-year deal believed to be worth ¥90 million (roughly $808,000). The deal brings the 35-year-old back to his roots. Kawasaki turned pro out of high school, joining NPB's only team on his ...
Kawasaki glad to experience Cubs' long-awaited title triumph from bench
The Chicago Cubs' first World Series championship in 108 years was also a triumph for minor league infielder Munenori Kawasaki. The 35-year-old Kawasaki joined Chicago, his first National League club on a minor league deal this year, but spent almost all of it at Triple-A ...
Utility infielder Munenori Kawasaki has been sent down to Triple-A Iowa, the Chicago Cubs announced Tuesday. Kawasaki had been promoted two games before the All-Star break for the second time this season. He has played three games in the majors this season and has one ...
The Chicago Cubs on Saturday recalled infielder Munenori Kawasaki from Triple-A Iowa. Kawasaki, 35, joined the Cubs on a minor league contract this year and played in 24 spring training games, batting .367 with one home run, eight RBIs, and one stolen base. He started the ...
The Chicago Cubs called up infielder Munenori Kawasaki from Triple-A Iowa as an injury replacement, the club said Friday. Kawasaki, who signed a minor-league deal with the National League club this season, replaced injured left fielder Kyle Schwarber on the 25-man roster. He joined his ...
Munenori Kawasaki will begin the season in the minors, the Chicago Cubs said Tuesday. The Japanese utility infielder was not part of the 25-man opening-day roster named by manager Joe Maddon and, barring injuries to the team, will head to Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs released Kawasaki ...
