NPB All-Star Game

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 14, 2018

Matsuzaka gets shelled as PL takes All-Star opener

Back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh inning by Alfredo Despaigne and Hotaka Yamakawa lifted the Pacific League to a 7-6 victory over the Central League in the NPB All-Star Series opener on Friday night. With the score tied 5-5 in the seventh inning, Fukuoka SoftBank ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | HIT AND RUN Jul 17, 2017

NPB should do more to spice up All-Star experience

by Jason Coskrey

The final round of the Home Run Derby that preceded Game 1 of the NPB All-Star Series on Friday ended with a 4-4 tie and the player declared as the winner, via tiebreaker, looking around in confusion. It was yet another example that Japanese ...