Four-time stolen base champion Yasuyuki Kataoka of the Yomiuri Giants said Sunday he will draw the curtain on his Nippon Professional Baseball career after this season. The 34-year-old, who is in his 13th pro season, joined Yomiuri in 2014 from the Seibu Lions as a ...
Yasuyuki Kataoka singled in the winning run in the top of the 10th inning as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-1 in interleague action on Wednesday. The Giants scored one run off double-duty Shohei Otani, who hit 160 kph on the ...
Yasuyuki Kataoka, who has joined the Yomiuri Giants in a free-agent deal from the Seibu Lions, said Monday he hopes to steal enough bases to put the two-time defending Central League champions in contention for a Japan Series champion in 2014. "If I can put ...
Giants now banking on Kataoka to shore up second base
The Yomiuri Giants have, at long last, finally found their second baseman. Again. This time it's Yasuyuki Kataoka, the former Seibu Lions infielder who on Sunday announced his intention to join the two-time defending Central League champions. Kataoka will become the next in a long line of ...
