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Japanese teams, fans bid fond farewell to retiring players

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | HIT AND RUN Sep 26, 2016

Japanese teams, fans bid fond farewell to retiring players

by Jason Coskrey

Japanese baseball is in the season of goodbyes. There are only a handful of games left for each of the 12 NPB clubs, and this is the time of year when teams and fans begin to bid farewell to some familiar faces. No one plays the ...

Marines icon Omura bows out in final game

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 25, 2016

Marines icon Omura bows out in final game

by Kaz Nagatsuka

Retiring Chiba Lotte Marines star Saburo Omura had only one season in which he hit above .300 and just one 20-homer campaign, with both marks coming in 2009. Overall, he was a career .265 hitter with 1,363 hits and 127 homers with just a couple ...

Laird closing in on 40-homer year

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Sep 4, 2016

Laird closing in on 40-homer year

by Jason Coskrey

Brandon Laird has become a favorite among Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans for his home run celebration, not to mention the homers themselves, which sees him mimic a chef making sushi. There was a lot to celebrate on Saturday night, when he hit three home ...

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