Chiba – Roki Sasaki looked up at the video board during his warmups in right field and couldn’t conceal a smile — he’d noticed a friend cheering in the stands as the camera panned the crowd at Zozo Marine Stadium on Saturday. In the moment with that grin on his […]
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Carp’s Seiya Suzuki to be made available to MLB teams
Japanese star Seiya Suzuki will get the chance to sign with a Major League Baseball team before the 2022 season, MLB.com reported. Suzuki, a right fielder, will be posted by the Hiroshima Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball following the Japan Series later this month, per the report. Posting is the […]
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Marines earn dramatic win over Eagles in Climax Series opener
CHIBA – Adeiny Hechavarria launched his bat high into the evening sky and looked into the Chiba Lotte Marines dugout as he began to celebrate. There was no need to keep an eye on the ball he’d just obliterated, everyone knew where it was headed. Hechavarria’s pinch-hit home run to […]
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Fighters will be anything but boring with ‘Big Boss’ Tsuyoshi Shinjo in dugout
As Tsuyoshi Shinjo flashed a “hang ten” sign and preened for the cameras wearing a red suit with a white shirt that had the collar popped to the heavens, one thing was immediately clear: The flashiest star in the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters universe can still effortlessly own a room. […]
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Giants great Buster Posey retires
San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey made it official Thursday, announcing his retirement after 12 years, three World Series titles and a Most Valuable Player award. The central theme to Posey’s farewell was family. “It’s a lot more than just winning or losing games, although the wins do feel a […]
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Yusei Kikuchi to become free agent after declining player option
Seattle – Yusei Kikuchi and the Seattle Mariners will part ways after the left-handed pitcher declined his one-year, $13 million player option to become a free agent, the team said Wednesday. The 30-year-old had a contract that included both the player option and a series of four one-year team options […]
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Atlanta Braves rout Houston Astros to win first World Series since 1995
Max Fried hurled six shutout innings and Jorge Soler smashed a towering home run as the Atlanta Braves captured their first World Series since 1995 with a 7-0 rout of the Houston Astros on Tuesday. Starting pitcher Fried bounced back from a couple of subpar performances in his most recent […]
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Shohei Ohtani mentor Hideki Kuriyama leaves Nippon Ham manager role
Outgoing Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama believes there could have been star two-way players like Shohei Ohtani from previous generations but they were not given the opportunity to fulfill their potential. The 60-year-old, who stepped down from his role on Monday having won one Japan Series title in […]
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Astros rally past Braves in Game 5 to stay alive in World Series
The Houston Astros used a change in their lineup Sunday to alter their perspective and then rallied from a four-run deficit to extend the 2021 World Series. Marwin Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fifth inning and Martin Maldonado drove in three runs as the Astros earned a […]
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NPB’s ‘Ironman’ Takashi Toritani to retire after 18 years with Tigers and Marines
Chiba Lotte Marines infielder Takashi Toritani, who holds the second-longest consecutive games streak in NPB, has decided to bring an end to his 18-year playing career, the Pacific League club said Sunday. The 40-year-old had his consecutive games streak dating back to his rookie season end at 1,939 on May […]