Our Day at Chiba Marine Stadium: The Prequel

The point of this post is really just to start an open thread and give our readers a chance to offer some input while it’ll still really make a difference. Like Michael Westbay of Japanese Baseball.com and Deanna of Marinerds, etc. before us, we here at the Tsubamegun have been invited to spend a day [...]

Aoki as a Leader

For anyone who’s interested, the Japan Times published a piece about Tokyo centerfielder Norichika Aoki, whom we here at the Tsubamegun think just might be the best position player in the NPB these days. The piece, based on an interview with Aoki prior to the Swallows’ recent home loss to the Yokohama BayStars, focuses on [...]