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Lions rout Hawks to even series
Tokorozawa :: Japan | 7 months ago
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A number of Seibu Lions fans spent their time outside Seibu Dome looking into a television camera and imploring their team to get a win. The Lions' players weren't quite ready for the season to end yet either...The Lions broke open a scoreless affair
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'Ironman' Kanemoto plays final game
Nishinomiya :: Japan | 8 months ago
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Tomoaki "Ironman" Kanemoto brought the curtain down on an illustrious 21-year career as the Hanshin Tigers blanked the Yokohama BayStars 3-0 in the final game of the regular season in the Central League on Tuesday. Randy Messenger (10-11) relieved
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Gruff Ochiai needs to change if return is in cards
Nagoya :: Japan | 8 months ago
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The Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes announced on Sept. 25 manager Akinobu Okada will not return to run the club next season, and speculation about his replacement indicates Japanese baseball Hall of Famer and former Chunichi Dragons skipper Hiromitsu
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Abe named CL MVP for September
Tateyama :: Japan | 8 months ago
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His third monthly award of the year ties him with outfielder Alex Ramirez and pitcher Masahiro Yamamoto with the most by a CL player in one season. Tokyo Yakult Swallows right-hander Shohei Tateyama was named pitcher of the month for the second time
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Catcher Johjima plays final game
Nishinomiya :: Japan | 8 months ago
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Kenji Johjima, Japan's first Major League Baseball catcher, played his final game on Saturday, starting behind the plate in the Western League game between Hanshin against Orix...Suffering for two years with knee and shoulder injuries, it was his
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Injuries forcing Johjima to retire
Tōkyō :: Japan | 8 months ago
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The 36-year-old catcher, who has suffered all year with injury and is in the third year of a four-year contract with the Hanshin Tigers, was quoted as saying, "I'm not a player worth ¥400 million a year." A native of Nagasaki Prefecture, Johjima
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Race for Pacific League crown likely going down to wire
Sendai :: Japan | 8 months ago
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Staff writer The Yomiuri Giants wrapped up the Central League pennant last week. Now the spotlight shifts to the Pacific League race, which is getting tighter by the day. Entering this week, there are three teams the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters,
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Dragons express interest in signing Fukudome
Nagoya :: Japan | 8 months ago
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The Chunichi Dragons said Thursday that they will pursue their former star outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, whose major-league career appears to have run its course. "We're interested so we will contact him," team president Katsuhiko Sakai said. The 35-
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Fujita delivers five-hits performance as Eagles defeat Marines
Sendai :: Japan | 8 months ago
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Kazuya Fujita went 5-for-5 with four RBIs and Luis Garcia hit a two-run blast as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied past the Chiba Lotte Marines, winning 11-6 on Tuesday to return to fourth place in the Pacific League standings. Yoshinao Kamata
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Lotte's Imaoka to retire after season
Ōsaka :: Japan | 8 months ago
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The 38-year-old Imaoka had added hitting and defensive coaching duties to his job as an infielder this year, but has not played a single game for the fourth-place Marines. He will hold a press conference after Lotte's farm team finishes its season at
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