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A day after being brushed aside so easily by Korea, Japan had to pick themselves up to face the Cubans for the second time in four days. This time however, there were no second chances, the loser would be heading home.
Japan rode to victory three days earlier on the back of six innings of five hit ball [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Filed under WBC 2009 · Tagged Akinori Iwamura, baseball, Cuba, Ichiro Suzuki, Japan vs Cuba, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Norichika Aoki, NPB, wbc, 野球
With the pre-season schedule now underway, I thought we’d take a look at the results of this year’s salary negotiations and see who’s getting paid what in Tokyo this year (note: all salary figures are given in multiples of a million yen, eg ￥40M = ￥40,000,000):
The Big Boys
Norichika Aoki – The main man around [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, The Team · Tagged Aaron Guiel, baseball, Central League, Hatakeyama, Igarashi Ryouta, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuki Fukuchi, Lim Chang-yong, Masanori Ishikawa, Matsuoka Kenichi, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Oshimoto Takehiko, Pro Yakyu, Tateyama, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yasushi Iihara, 野球
Trans-Pacific Radio just published a
podcast which reviews the 2008 baseball
season all the way through the Japan Series which was eventually won by the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Media · Tagged 2008 Season, baseball, Central League, Chiba Lotte Marines, chunichi dragons, Climax Series, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Carp, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Japan Series, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, orix buffaloes, Pacific League, Pro Yakyu, Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Swallows, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, Yomiuri Giants, 野球
September 2nd, 2008
Chunichi Dragons 6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 12
Streak: Won 3 Last 5:LLWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Dicky Gonzalez got his first win of the season on seven innings of work, and for the second night in the row the Tokyo starter enjoyed some other-worldly run support from his teammates.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Filed under 2008 Season · Tagged baseball, chunichi dragons, Dicky Gonzalez, Hatakeyama, Japanese baseball, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Tokyo Swallows, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, yakyu, Yasushi Iihara
A brief article on the Washington University in Saint Louis website discusses how left-handed pitchers and hitters have a distinct advantage in the game of baseball.
This is probably not surprising news to most readers of this site, but the math has been done, and despite roughly 90% of the adult population being right-handed, about 25% [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 12:03 am
Filed under Tsubamegun · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Akinori Iwamura, baseball, baseball hall of fame, batter, Central League, Hideki Matsui, hitter, Ichiro, Kaz Matsui, Kazuki Fukuchi, Kousuke Fukudome, left-handed, left-handed advantage, MLB, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pacific League, pitcher, right-handed, Shinichi Takeuchi, southpaw, switch hitter, yakyu, Yuuichi
