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Avatar Posted by billywest 5 days ago (http://sevententotokyo.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: japan baseball mlb ichiro matsui
The WBC returns next year, but some are less than enthusiastic about this international baseball contest. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Luke 28 days ago (http://search.japantimes.co.jp)
Category: Sport | Tags: sadaharu oh baseball whiting giants
Part 1 of 3 of a retrospective on baseball's all-time homerun king, written by author Robert Whiting. This chapter tracks Oh's rise from Koshien hero (pitching four complete games in four days while injured), to the most prolific batter Japanese pro baseball has ever seen. read more »
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Avatar Posted by nicky187 54 days ago (http://www.japanball.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball
A great competitor, and a true sportsman. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 75 days ago (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball mlb draft
Comparing the Japanese baseball system to that of ancient Japanese government this article discusses how an amateur is shaking things up by saying he wants to take his chances in MLB rather than paying his dues in Japan for eight or nine years.

I guess it's not just the Sumo world that is read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 124 days ago (http://www.thetokyotraveler.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball japan
Sadaharu Oh is a baseball legend with more home runs than Barry Bonds but due to health concerns he may retire after this season. read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 132 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: japan sports baseball humor
Baseball in Japan has evolved quite a lot since Horace Wilson first introduced the sport in 1872, yet foreigners still find many aspects of Japanese baseball confusing – not least the odd names of the teams. Let's run down the dozen Nippon Professional Baseball league teams (without actually runni read more »
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Avatar Posted by Jordan 137 days ago (http://afp.google.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: hideo nomo baseball retirement japan
Japanese baseball players on Friday saluted Hideo Nomo for opening the door to the US Major Leagues after the pioneering pitcher said he was retiring at age 39. read more »
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Avatar Posted by billywest 219 days ago (http://www.sevententotokyo.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: japan mlb baseball fukudome
How are things shaping up for the biggest names in Japanese baseball in the Major Leauges? Who will have the hottest season? Will it be Kosuke Fukudome? Dice-K? What do you think? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 228 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball sport
And you thought you were having a bad day...how about this pitcher? 66 runs in less than two complete innings - how is that possible? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 230 days ago (http://atypicallife.wordpress.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball 42 superstition
In Japan the number 42 is consider bad luck by some yet 10 players don this number everyday as professional baseball players. In the US this number is revered and has been retired to honor Jackie Robinson's struggle to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. So I ask, is it an honor or read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 254 days ago (http://atypicallife.wordpress.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: baseball japan minor leagues
Yesterday was the opening day of the Eastern League in Japan. The minor league teams for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Nippon Ham Fighters faced each other in Kamagaya and I had a front row seat. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 259 days ago (http://atypicallife.wordpress.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: japan baseball curses hanshin tigers
Back in 1985 a curse was started when some Hanshin Tigers fans were celbrating their teams win in the Japan Series the dumped a statue of Colonel Sanders in an Osaka River. A new statue was erected on Monday in hopes of stopping the curse. read more »
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Avatar Posted by littleforeigner 260 days ago (http://gethiroshima.blogspot.com)
Category: Sport | Tags: hiroshima carp baseball last supper
Hiroshima Carp's marketing department pull out the stops, recreating Da Vinci's Last Supper with manager Marty Brown cast as the J-man Himself. read more »
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