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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 20, 2022
Giancarlo Stanton takes MVP honors as American League wins MLB All-Star Game
Stanton, who has 24 homers in the first half of the season, belted a 457-foot game-tying two-run home run off Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin in the top of the fourth.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 24, 2022
Yankees' Josh Donaldson suspended for incident with Tim Anderson
The Yankees third baseman called the Orioles shortstop 'Jackie,' a reference to Jackie Robinson, during Saturday's game, leading to a bench-clearing incident between the two teams.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 29, 2022
A pitching contortionist bends his way into shape
Ignoring the routines and patterns of a normal pitcher has allowed the Yankees' Nestor Cortes to become the unlikeliest of breakout stars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 20, 2021
Yankees bring back manager Aaron Boone on a new contract
Boone will receive a three-year deal with an option after leading the Yankees to the postseason in each of his four seasons in New York, the team announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 4, 2021
Yankees and Red Sox clinch AL's final wild-card spots
The final day of a 162-game, six-month marathon began with four teams all in contention for two American League wild-card spots.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 1, 2021
Shohei Ohtani steals home as Angels send Yankees to fourth straight loss
The hero of the night for the Angels was journeyman reliever Jake Petricka, whose eighth-inning performance helped Los Angeles hang on victory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 14, 2021
MLB will return to 'Field of Dreams' in 2022
'I think the reception that this event has received has been so positive that we will be back,' MLB Commissioner Manfred said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 20, 2021
Yankees' Corey Kluber stops Rangers to join no-hit parade
It was the second no-no in two days after the Detroit Tigers' Spencer Turnbull accomplished the feat against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 1, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka's return to Rakuten benefits both sides
With the return of its former ace, the Tohoku team gets a player who can help win games on the field and comes with a massive amount of star power.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 30, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka says timing was right for return to Japan with Eagles
Tanaka returns to Rakuten after seven seasons with the New York Yankees
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 28, 2021
Former Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka returning to Japan with Eagles
Tanaka's move is the biggest of the NPB offseason and comes just days before the start of spring camp on Feb. 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 16, 2021
Yankees land pitcher Corey Kluber
Free agent right-hander Corey Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner coming off two injury-plagued seasons, is reportedly joining the New York Yankees.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2020
Masahiro Tanaka and Shogo Akiyama gear up for expanded postseason
The two players are among six Japanese players participating in the wild-card round, including three experiencing their first big-league playoffs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 7, 2020
Yankees manager Aaron Boone 'encouraged' by Aaron Judge's recovery
New York Yankees skipper Aaron Boone said he is "encouraged" by slugger Aaron Judge's recovery from a broken rib.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 5, 2020
Phillies manager Joe Girardi reflects on time with Yankees
New Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi was back on familiar grounds.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 16, 2019
Out of the park: Babe Ruth's 500th home run bat fetches more than $1 million
Babe Ruth may have died more than 70 years ago, but the baseball slugger is still turning out big numbers. The bat he used to hit his 500th home run in 1929 has sold for $1,000,800, officials for SCP Auctions announced on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 24, 2019
Yankees hire Rachel Balkovec as full-time minor league hitting coach
The New York Yankees named Rachel Balkovec as a full-time hitting coach in the minor leagues, The New York Times reported on Saturday, adding she is believed to be the first woman to hold such a position in pro baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 29, 2019
Yankees fire longtime pitching coach Larry Rothschild
Larry Rothschild has been fired as the New York Yankees' pitching coach after nine seasons.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 20, 2019
Joe Torre weighs in on blockbuster contracts, wages in minors and pace of play
The numbers in the deal the Los Angeles Angels and Mike Trout have reportedly agreed to, as reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan, are eye-catching.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 15, 2018
Hideki Matsui elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hideki Matsui already has three Central League MVPs, a World Series MVP and a People's Honor Award, and he has played for the most storied teams in both Japan and the United States.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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