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Baseball: Kai hits 1st homer as Giant in big win over Swallows
Catcher Takuya Kai launched his first home run in a Yomiuri Giants uniform Saturday during a 12-0 demolition of local Central ...
MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...
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Performer of popular mascot Tsubakuro for Japan baseball team Yakult Swallows dies
TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away. The team issued a ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Japan’s rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Mariners, the impact of Japanese players is as ...
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Giants rally to beat Swallows in dramatic season opener
and Gakuto Wakabayashi hit a sayonara single in the 10th to lift the Kyojin to a 6-5 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the season opener at Tokyo Dome on Friday night. Wakabayashi’s fourth ...
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Could Mets swipe Munetaka Murakami from Yankees, Dodgers next year?
Murakami is 25 years old and plays for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. In his seven NPB seasons, Murakami has hit .270 with a .945 OPS and 224 home runs (an average of ...
The Japan News3d
Japan Baseball Season Begins as Giants Face Swallows at Tokyo Dome; Giants Aim to Defend Central League Title, Capture Japan Series Title
Fans flocked to Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, from Friday morning to see the Yomiuri Giants face the Tokyo Yakult ...