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Young Japanese Baseball Players Meet Secretary of State, Cal...

Nearly two starting lineups-worth of young Japanese baseball and softball players assembled at the U.S. State Department Tuesday to kick off a three-week sports exchange. They met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Hall of Fame base [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Japanese baseball technicians to train Cubans

Japanese baseball technicians are scheduled to arrive to Cuba to give a course to their Cuban counterparts on pitching, hitting and baseball strategy, a senior official said here on Thursday. Cuban vice president and head of the local Ol [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Twins win bidding rights for Japanese hitter Nishioka

The Minnesota Twins have won the bidding battle for Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka of the Chiba Lotte Marines, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Friday. According to MLB, the Pacific League (PL) team in Japan's Nippon Profess [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Baseball: Japanese baseball rookie Murton reaches 200-hit ma...

In his first season in Japan, Hanshin Tigers leadoff man Matt Murton joined the elite 200-hit club that includes Ichiro Suzuki. Murton became only the fourth player in Japanese baseball history to have a 200-hit season when he had a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Eri Yoshida wins plaudits as first Japanese woman in US base...

An obscure baseball stadium in northern California is becoming a real-life field of dreams for Eri Yoshida. In just three months, the 18-year-old has pitched herself into sporting history and the affections of some of the most fickle bas [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Dodgers beat Mets 2-0 in Japanese pitching duel

Hiroki Kuroda threw eight outstanding innings, Matt Kemp drove in both runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the offensively inept New York Mets 2-0 Thursday night. It was the Dodgers' second consecutive 2-0 win, having edged San Fra [...]