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YOMIURI FC

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 25, 2013
Second-inning outburst propels Carp past Giants
The Hiroshima Carp weren't pleased with how things went in their first game after the All-Star break.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 20, 2013
Teams jockeying for playoff position to battle Giants, Tigers
At the All-Star break for the 2013 NPB season, the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers appear to have a lock on finishing in first and second place in the Central League pennant race. Unless there is total meltdown by one of them, we will be seeing them in the postseason Climax Series come October.
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.
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jun 19, 2013
Washington skipper a cool customer
When a man is in the eye of the hurricane, he is sometimes blissfully unaware of the turbulence all around him.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 9, 2013
2014 NPB season-opening series in California appears unlikely
Reader and fan of Japanese baseball Leon DeHaven in Arizona wants to know if the proposed 2014 season-opening series between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers in Southern California (Baseball Bullet-In, April 28) is still going to happen. "I'm ready to rent a room in Anaheim," he wrote in an email....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 7, 2013
Giants' Abe slugs game-winning home run in eighth
Shinnosuke Abe stood at the plate with two outs and down to his final strike with his team losing in the eighth inning.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2013
Hoashi, Hawks whip Giants
Kazuyuki Hoashi essentially replaced Toshiya Sugiuchi last season when he joined the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Sugiuchi left to suit up for the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 21, 2013
Abe continues to be steadying force for Giants
The Yomiuri Giants have won the last 37 times Shinnosuke Abe has homered at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2013
Abe powers Giants past Lions
It takes a lot to stop the Yomiuri Giants once they get on a roll.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2013
Giants treat Matsui, Nagashima to victory on special day
The Yomiuri Giants gave former greats Hideki Matsui and Shigeo Nagashima a hero's welcome before Sunday's game against the Hiroshima Carp.

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