Opening Day - The Japan Times

Baseball / MLB Mar 28, 2019

Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka seeks to end Opening Day jinx

For the New York Yankees Opening Day starter Masahiro Tanaka the bone-chilling cold on the U.S. East Coast has helped him sharpen his focus rather than giving him the blues. The 30-year-old, who earned the Opening Day nod for the fourth time in his past ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 30, 2018

Tigers hurler Randy Messenger silences Giants in season-opening triumph

by Jason Coskrey

Whoever wins the Sawamura Award this year might want to do whatever it takes to avoid Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers on Opening Day next season. Things didn't really work out so well for the last two recipients when they went up against the ...