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NPB news: april 27, 2022

We had a full slate of games, and three with the visitors winning 8-2. Entering this season, there were 361 games in Japanese pro baseball history that ended like that, so a little less than 1 percent of those took place Wednesday. 

We also had a triple play with a difference. Ready? Let’s go.

Tigers’ Takahashi  has Tommy John

I missed this the past couple of days, but Tigers lefty Haruto Takahashi, a guy who his an absolute delight to watch when he’s on, was discharged from the hospital on Monday after having Tommy John surgery.

He’d had elbow cleaning surgery in November, but began feeling discomfort in camp.

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NPB News: April 23, 2022

It’s Saturday in Japan, and Roki Sasaki is scheduled to pitch on Sunday. You know what that makes today? ROKI EVE!

To celebrate Roki Eve, we had a perfect game taken into the seventh inning and three shutouts in one league, and to prove that Japan is just not a haven for budding 20-year-old superstars, two players over 40 did the lions’ share of the work in one of them.

Ready for the action? Let’s go.

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