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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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NPB wrap 11-24-21

November 24, 2021 Jim Allen Leave a comment

We should title Game 4, “the junkman cometh,” when 41-year-old Yakult Swallows lefty side-armer Masanori Ishikawa brought his varied low-velocity arsenal against the Orix Buffaloes and gave them fits.

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