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YOKOHAMA BAYSTARS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2013
Kamei belts two home runs as Giants hammer BayStars
Yoshiyuki Kamei homered twice, Shuichi Murata hit a grand slam and the Yomiuri Giants used a prolific long-ball attack to wallop the Yokohama BayStars in a 12-7 rout on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2013
Blanco, Balentien putting up impressive homer totals
If there's a home run derby during this year's All-Star Series, odds are it won't be half as exciting as the one Wladimir Balentien and Tony Blanco are currently staging on a near-nightly basis during the regular season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2013
Dragons' Yamai tosses no-hitter against BayStars
Daisuke Yamai, who was famously denied an opportunity to complete a perfect game in the 2007 Japan Series, threw the 88th no-hitter in the history of Nippon Professional Baseball on Friday as the Chunichi Dragons defeated the Yokohama BayStars 9-0 in Central League action.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2013
Fourth-inning offensive outburst lifts BayStars over Swallows
Nyjer Morgan danced. Then he posed for pictures, and just before disappearing into the tunnel that would lead him out of Jingu Stadium, he stopped, formed a T with his hands, and led the Yokohama BayStars ouendan (cheering section) cheers for a few moments.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 18, 2013
Ramirez keeps focus, waits for next opportunity to contribute
It's the waiting that's the hardest part for Alex Ramirez. The wait for the next at-bat, for the next opportunity to contribute to the Yokohama BayStars, for another chance to show there is still life in his bat.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2013
Morgan, BayStars trample over Lions
Nyjer Morgan knows his game. So he wasn't too hard on himself when he struggled early in the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2013
Marines beat BayStars to halt four-game skid
Right-hander Yuki Karakawa allowed a run in six innings to pitch the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines to a 3-1 interleague victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 14, 2013
Interleague schedule will pit PL hurlers against Blanco
On a bright day earlier this season, Tony Blanco wrapped up batting practice and headed back to the Yokohama BayStars clubhouse after sending a litany of balls all over — and a few out of — Yokohama Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2013
Kinjo hits sayonara home run in win over Swallows
Tatsuhiko Kinjo belted a sayonara home run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Yokohama BayStars to a 5-4 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Yokohama Stadium on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2013
Kinjo hit propels BayStars to win
Tatsuhiko Kinjo broke up a tie with an eighth-inning RBI single and the DeNA BayStars held on for a 5-4 win Tuesday afternoon to end the Yakult Swallows' six-game winning streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 12, 2013
Morgan hopes to aid BayStars' climb out of CL cellar
There are so many written and unwritten rules around baseball that sometimes people in the sport tend to take things a little too seriously.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 9, 2013
Ramirez possibly top foreign-born player ever in NPB
Alex Ramirez thanked God before he reached first base. He continued along and touched the other bags as a light, constant rain fell on Jingu Stadium and the sparse crowd — 11,069 to be exact, though Ramirez would later say the place felt packed — that braved the promise of a Saturday downpour and watched him become the first foreign-born player in NPB history (42nd overall) to collect 2,000 hits, which he did with the 379th home run of his career.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2013
Ramirez becomes first foreigner to reach 2,000-hit milestone in Japanese baseball
The performance was special this time. Alex Ramirez celebrated on his way around the bases, kissing two fingers and pointing at the sky between first and second, but his patented post-home run ritual was missing as he was congratulated by the rest of the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2013
Ramirez, Ishikawa carry BayStars past Swallows
The Yokohama BayStars had their day brightened by a pair of home runs that must have looked like rays of sunshine on a gray, rainy afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2013
Ramirez moves closer to 2,000 hits as BayStars edge Swallows
Alex Ramirez edges closer to history during the BayStars' victory over the Swallows
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2013
Big bats ignite Giants on poor pitching night
The luxury of having a bad night on the mound for the Yomiuri Giants is that no matter how bad things get, there's a powerhouse lineup ready and willing to pick up the pieces.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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