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Washington – U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would support moving MLB’s July All-Star Game from Atlanta as a protest against Georgia’s new voting restrictions. “I would strongly support them doing that,” Biden told ESPN. “It’s just not right. This is Jim Crow on steroids what they’re doing […]

Yokohama – Four pitches was all it took for everything to go bad for Yasuaki Yamasaki. Yamasaki was called on to get the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, leading 4-2 at the time, out of a jam against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows during the eighth inning of their home opener on Tuesday. […]

Masato Morishita threw six shutout innings as the Hiroshima Carp won 1-0 to end the Hanshin Tigers’ perfect start to the season on Tuesday in the Central League. Morishita (1-0), who went 10-3 with a 1.91 ERA to win CL Rookie of the Year last season, kept the in-form Hanshin […]

Yokohama – The only two teams without a win in the Central League were both looking for the same thing Tuesday night at Yokohama Stadium. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows were the ones who found it. Yasutaka Shiomi hit a game-tying two-run double in the eighth and Shingo Kawabata followed it […]

Major League Baseball told teams on Monday that fully vaccinated players, coaches and other Tier 1 staff can enjoy loosened COVID-19 protocols, with more restrictions lifted once a team reaches 85% vaccination. In an internal memo received by several outlets, MLB “strongly encouraged” the players and staff to receive one […]

Following an offseason that was shorter than usual, pro baseball returned to Japan over the weekend. There were home runs, super plays in the field, highly anticipated debuts and even fans in the stands. There were also, however, reminders things aren’t quite back to normal as NPB opens another season […]

Yoshiyuki Kamei doesn’t actually hit a walk-off, or otherwise huge, home run every time he steps up to the plate — it just feels that way sometimes. Kamei connected on another one in his very first at-bat of the 2021 season to beat the Yokohama BayStars at Tokyo Dome on […]

Japanese baseball may still be trying to adjust to a new normal, but there’s one thing that hasn’t changed. When you need a big hit, send Yoshiyuki Kamei to the plate. Kamei made his only at-bat of the night count, connecting on a sayonara home run to send the Yomiuri […]

Japanese baseball is back on Friday, which makes this a great time to single out a few players in the Pacific League who fans should keep an eye on this season. Ryoya Kurihara, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, catcher One one hand, 2020 was a breakout year for Kurihara. He’s listed as […]

Japanese baseball is back on Friday, which makes this a great time to single out a few players in the Central League who fans should keep an eye on this season. Shosei Togo, Yomiuri Giants, pitcher Togo is the Giants’ future. If Tomoyuki Sugano had signed with an MLB team […]