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NPB news: March 27, 2022

March 28, 2022 Jim Allen Leave a comment

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Roki Sasaki struck out 10 batters and equaled the second-fastest pitch recorded in Japan, but got no decision in his season debut on Sunday, while Domingo Santana continued to perform his version of the Ray Charles classic he calls, “Hit the road jacks.”

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NPB news: March 26, 2022

March 27, 2022 Jim Allen Leave a comment

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We had five games on Saturday after the Marines and Eagles were rained out in Sendai.

A day after Carp ace Daichi Osera singled in a run, Hiroshima pitcher Masato Morishita singled and scored early on Saturday, causing me to tweet that CL pitchers might be working overtime to avoid the introduction of a designated hitter.

Some CL pitchers batting this year like they're threatened with professional extinction…
— Jim Allen (@JballAllen) March 26, 2022

Well within a few minutes of that, the shit, as they say, got real.

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