Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 27, 2019
Former star outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo unretires at 47 in hopes of making comeback
Popular former outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo, who has announced on social media that he wishes to resume playing professional baseball, officially unretired on Wednesday when he was listed as a free agent eligible to sign with any club. The 47-year-old played for the Hanshin Tigers, New ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 22, 2019
Former Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Ralph Bryant holds kids clinic
by Jason Coskrey
Ralph Bryant is 58 years old and hasn't played top-level baseball since his final season with the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1995. But on Thursday morning, he was wearing a baseball glove and needed to call on his old reflexes again to keep up with an ...
Baseball / MLB Feb 7, 2019
The latest team to join the Bryce Harper sweepstakes is the San Francisco Giants, according to a multiple reports on Wednesday. Highly sought free agent outfielder reportedly met with Giants executives this week, putting San Francisco in the mix with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White ...
Baseball / MLB Jan 10, 2019
Oracle pays more than $200 million to rename Giants' ballpark
Oracle Corp. has bought the naming rights to the San Francisco Giants' stadium for more than $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter — a second deal to boost its brand image by sponsoring a hometown sports facility in the San Francisco ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 25, 2018
Fighters' Kensuke Tanaka announces plan to retire after next season
Former major leaguer Kensuke Tanaka said Tuesday he will retire at the end of his 20th and final season with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters next year. "(Next year) is my last year. I'll give it everything I've got until the final ball to be ...
Baseball / MLB Dec 7, 2017
Shohei Ohtani, representatives wrap up round of meetings with seven MLB clubs
Shohei Ohtani has completed a round of meetings with all seven major league clubs in the running to sign him, U.S. media reported Wednesday. Ohtani and his representatives held talks with the San Diego Padres, the last of the seven clubs to meet with the ...
Baseball Feb 16, 2017
From high school nightmare to living the baseball dream
by Jim Allen
When Taira Uematsu returns home after the big league season, the San Francisco Giants' bullpen catcher spends a lot of time teaching baseball, and the most important lesson may be, "Have fun." Uematsu rediscovered that fun for the game in the U.S. after three years ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Nov 18, 2016
Fighters not giving up on 'Handkerchief Prince' Saito
by Jason Coskrey
Yuki Saito hasn't justified the hype that came with his being drafted by the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2010, but the reigning Japan Series champions aren't giving up on him just yet. The former amateur star, and current Fighters pitcher, made just 11 appearances ...
Baseball Nov 9, 2016
Reliever Romo excited to represent Mexico in Japan
by Jim Allen
Veteran reliever Sergio Romo waited nearly 20 years for Mexico to ask him to play, and now that he has the opportunity to represent his parents' homeland, he's holding on to it for all he's worth. In Japan with the Mexican national team for a ...
Baseball / MLB | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Sep 20, 2016
No-nonsense skipper Baker a good fit for title-contending Nationals
by Dave Wiggins
"Do you think you've ended up spoiling the teams you've managed previously?", MAS asked Dusty Baker, during a pregame chat with the Washington Nationals first-year skipper. "Well, I don't know about that," said Dusty, in polite disagreement with such a notion. "I don't think I've spoiled ...