For all its lack of marquee names and well-known story lines, Nippon Professional Baseball’s 2021 developmental draft tells us a little bit about the 12 teams are acting now to map out their future.
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The gatekeepers’ victory
Although ideas like transparency and accountability have taken their toll on the world of Japanese sports and the desire of their old-fart organizers to be truly Japanese, the Japan Sumo Association showed recently that its old guard is still capable of putting up a fight to protect the old ways.
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