NPB games, news of Aug. 20, 2019
This is the start of Japanese baseball's ugly "magic season." It almost started after the all-star break, but the Yomiuri Giants prevented that by losing a bunch of games. Tonight's…
NPB games, news of Aug. 5, 2019
Monday is usually an off day, but the Rakuten Eagles and Lotte Marines played a makeup game. Marines 8, Eagles 1 At Rakuten Seimei Park, former Lotte closer Yuji Nishino…
Carter Stewart can change the world
Carter Stewart hasn't thrown a baseball in anger as a member of the SoftBank Hawks, but his arrival in Japan, as the first big-name American amateur to turn pro with…
Becoming a modern day Joshua
High school pitcher Roki Sasaki is in an unusual position. Having pitched baseballs at 100 miles per hour, professional clubs in America and Japan may be more flexible than usual…
International walls of Jericho
Since two-thirds of the 30 major league teams are now trailing high school pitcher Roki Sasaki, who has repeatedly hit 100 mph, one has to wonder if he will be…
Senga strikes out
Right-hander Kodai Senga said he made no progress in persuading the SoftBank Hawks to allow him to move to the major leagues through the posting system following his dinner with…
The flip side of free agency
Or how it can pay to let the Giants sign your players... Yoshihiro Maru is interviewed by three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida a day after the Hiroshima Carp clinched…
