Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Oct 27, 2020
Alex Ramirez runs out of time with BayStars
by Jason Coskrey
The BayStars will now forge ahead without the manager who has won more than anyone else there in over 20 years.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 24, 2020
BayStars manager Alex Ramirez to step down after season: source
Alex Ramirez is set to resign as manager of the YokohamaDeNA BayStars at the end of the season, with farm team manager and former ace pitcher Daisuke Miura emerging as his likely successor, sources close to the team said Friday. The BayStars' pennant hopes evaporated ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Oct 19, 2020
NPB stars prepare to say goodbye as season winds down
by Jason Coskrey
It's retirement season in NPB. As the 2020 campaign begins to wind down, fans across Japan will be saying goodbye to some familiar faces. Hanshin Tigers reliever and former major leaguer Kyuji Fujikawa announced in September that he was calling it quits at the end of ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Sep 28, 2020
Virus-hit Tigers endure tough, eventful week in Central League
by Jason Coskrey
The difference between playing a mostly representative NPB season — as opposed to 50 or 60 games — or having it all fall apart was always as tenuous as some dinner plans. That was laid bare last week as the league experienced its first midseason ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB Sep 21, 2020
Buffaloes score with play, uniforms during mostly positive week on diamond
by Jason Coskrey
The Orix Buffaloes looked good last week. They also played reasonably well too, winning four of their seven games, despite ending on a losing note. The struggling Pacific League outfit went into its past for a couple of games last week, playing a series in Kobe ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | This Week in NPB Aug 3, 2020
BayStars starters setting tone on mound
by Jason Coskrey
For all of the noise that's surrounded the Yokohama BayStars recently — namely people taking swipes at the manager and closer Yasuaki Yamasaki's troubles — the team is keeping its head above water. The BayStars are coming off a solid week, having taken two of ...
Basketball / B. League Jul 9, 2020
Broncos owner Jun Ikeda has ambitious plans for basketball franchise
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Ikeda is thrilled about his new challenge with the Broncos, perhaps more than ever before, because as owner he has the freedom to do things his way.
Japanese Baseball Jul 3, 2020
Ginjiro Sumitani's two-run fourth-inning double broke up a scoreless tie, and right-hander Toshiki Sakurai (1-0) allowed a run over eight innings for the Yomiuri Giants in a 5-3 Central League win over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Thursday. The Giants had left runners in scoring ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 20, 2020
NPB fans feeling impact of COVID-19 as season gets underway
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Japanese baseball fans likely won't be able to attend games until at least July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese Baseball Jun 19, 2020
Rain and empty stands greet players as long-delayed NPB season begins
by Jason Coskrey
Japanese baseball began play on Friday evening, three months after its campaign was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB Preview Jun 19, 2020
Tigers could be ready to roar in 2020
by Jason Coskrey
The Hanshin Tigers are hoping the additions they made can help them capture the CL pennant this season.