In their 83 years of existence, the Yomiuri Giants have never had a stretch quite this bad. The rapidly sinking Kyojin reached new depths on Wednesday night after Shingo Ishikawa struck out to end a 3-0 loss to the Seibu Lions at MetLife Dome. It ...
Former Team USA skipper Buck Martinez said he recalls everything from the game in Anaheim, California, where his team and manager Sadaharu Oh's Japan squad squared off in the second round of the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. "I recall me exchanging the lineup ...
It was good seeing former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager Shigeo Nagashima visiting the team's spring training camp in Miyazaki earlier this month. He just turned 81 this past week and is visibly handicapped by a stroke suffered in 2004 that limits movement ...
Hiroshi Arakawa, the batting coach of baseball legend Sadaharu Oh at the Yomiuri Giants in the 1960s famous for equipping him his flamingo stance, died Sunday of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 86. Arakawa joined the Mainichi Orions in 1953 and ...
Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh turned back the clock on Sunday, when he pinch hit in an exhibition against a team of former Taiwan stars. Oh, whose father is from China, was instrumental in the development of pro baseball in Taiwan and is idolized there as ...
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters skipper Hideki Kuriyama, who led the Pacific League team to its first Japan Series title in 10 years this past season, won the Matsutaro Shoriki Award on Thursday. Kuriyama, 55, took the prize in a unanimous vote by a five-member selection ...
Samurai Japan's quest to reclaim the World Baseball Classic title will begin in the nation's capital. Tokyo was announced as a host for both rounds of the Asian region of the 2017 World Baseball Classic during a news conference at the NPB Commissioner's office on ...
Yuki Yanagita, who is recovering from offseason elbow surgery, hit two monster home runs for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Friday's preseason 3-3 tie against the Hanshin Tigers. "I was able to make some good swings. I guess it was good because I got results, ...
Japan has honored former home-run king Hank Aaron with one of its highest awards on Thursday, saying he is a symbol of its close relationship with the United States and their shared love of baseball. The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette ...
Lee Dae-Ho's Japan Series performance shouldn't have been a major shocker to anyone. Lee is one of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' big guns and hit 31 home runs during the regular season and fell just two RBIs shy of 100. Moreover, the Hawks have more ...
Last Friday, after the Tokyo Yakult Swallows were crowned as the best team in the Central League for 2015, Tetsuto Yamada wasn't quite ready to weigh in on the topic of the CL's best player. Asked about the possibility of being named this year's CL ...
Baseball called on Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh, and karate used a live demonstration as eight sports made their case on Friday to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Baseball and softball are making a combined bid. The other sports are squash, surfing, ...
