Seattle – Reliever Yoshihisa Hirano, currently a free agent after leaving the Seattle Mariners, is set to return to the Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball, sources close to the matter said Friday. The 36-year-old, who signed a one-year deal with the Mariners in January 2020, had a 0-1 record […]
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Trevor Bauer decides to sign with Dodgers
Los Angeles – The top pitcher on the free-agent market is heading to the defending World Series champions. Reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer announced that he’s signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers in a YouTube video posted on Friday. “This season is about making sure history […]
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NPB spring training begins quietly in Japan amid coronavirus surge
Spring training camp kicked off quietly for Nippon Professional Baseball on Monday with all 12 teams playing in empty ballparks as the coronavirus continues to impact the world of sport. Sites for spring training have always attracted out-of-prefecture tourists, but this year baseball fans have been shut out of parks […]
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Masahiro Tanaka’s return to Rakuten benefits both sides
Even after Masahiro Tanaka began playing for the New York Yankees, it wasn’t uncommon to see him working out with a few of his former Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles teammates — some of whom would don Yankees hats — in Sendai during the offseason. Tanaka spent seven seasons with New […]
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Masahiro Tanaka says timing was right for return to Japan with Eagles
The timing was right for Masahiro Tanaka. In 2013, he led the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a Japan Series title that was about more than baseball to a region still reeling two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit in March 2011. With the […]
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Former Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka returning to Japan with Eagles
Masahiro Tanaka is coming home. The right-hander, who in 2013 led the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to their only Pacific League pennant and Japan Series title, is returning to the club this season. “Welcome home our hero!” the team announced on its website, with a photo of the pitcher from […]
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Giants to set up coronavirus testing center in Okinawa
The Yomiuri Giants will set up a coronavirus testing clinic for pro baseball and J. League soccer teams holding preseason camps in Okinawa Prefecture, the Central League club said Wednesday. The center, intended to avoid burdening local medical facilities, will be open in the prefectural capital of Naha from Friday […]
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No one elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in U.S.
New York – Curt Schilling was shut out on Tuesday, falling 16 votes shy of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The former pitcher received 285 votes and was named on 71.1% of the ballots. He needed 75% […]
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Cactus League asks MLB to delay spring training amid virus surge
The Cactus League and affiliated communities sent a letter to Major League Baseball asking for a delayed start to spring training as the coronavirus pandemic continues to overwhelm Arizona. The league released the letter on Monday. It was dated Friday and signed by officials from eight cities and the Salt […]
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Baseball legend Hank Aaron dies at 86
New York – Baseball legend Henry “Hank” Aaron, whose Hall of Fame playing career helped break racial barriers in U.S. sports and culture, died on Friday, according to the Atlanta Braves, his former team, and media reports. He was 86. The Braves said in a statement that Aaron died peacefully […]