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  1. Tazawa a Red Sox

    Tawaza's a Sock. The Rangers were believed to have offered Tazawa more money than the Red Sox. In this case, the presence of Matsuzaka might have put the Red Sox over the top...

    Written by Shanan Hopp about about 4 hours ago 0 comments

  2. DREAM in North America for 2009

    Japanese combat series DREAM is making a stampede into North America—with an exclusive deal with HDNet, DREAM will continue onward to be the top of the crème in MMA combat...

    Written by Mike Saf about 13 days ago 1 comments

  3. Top of the Class Japanese Free Agents: Kenshin Kawakami or Koji Uehara?

    Due to much tighter labor controls by the NPB's corporate owners, the NPB free agent class of 2009 is a mere seven players. There are more possible DH free agent candidates in the MLB free agent class than the entire NPB class...

    Written by Joe Nixon about 14 days ago 2 comments

  4. Tommy Lasorda to Be Honored By Order Of Japanese Emperor

    On December 2nd, the Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda will be honored by the Japanese Emperor and receive the Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions to the development of Japanese baseball...

    Written by J.C. Ayvazi about 19 days ago 0 comments

  5. Eight Years of Japanese Hitters in MLB: Not As Bad As You Think

    Probably the most common criticism of the import of Japanese hitters is that their statistics in Japan simply should not and CANNOT translate to the major leagues...

    Written by Wesley Johnson about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  6. Keisuke Honda: VVV's Very Own Midfield Emperor

    The fans call him “Keizer Keisuke”, Emperor Keisuke. It’s a fitting nickname for VVV Venlo’s Japanese midfield star. The young Japanese play-maker has been the inspirational for VVV this season and last...

    Written by Guido Merry about 2 months ago 6 comments

  7. Still Going at It: Japan Never Stops Giving When It Comes to Drifting

    So you're interested in drifting? You and me both, my friend! Not too sure where to start? Well, you're gonna need a car, and, if money is not a problem, take a choice of one from the list below...

    Written by Joe Lafleche about 2 months ago 3 comments

  8. Olympic Highlights You Might Have Missed, Part III: Swim-Off

    Baseball has its walk-off win over a dominate closer, football has sudden-death overtime, golf has playoff holes, hockey and soccer have their shootouts, and swimming has its swim-off. That's right, a swim-off...

    Written by Matthew Irby about 3 months ago 0 comments

  9. It Was Big In Japan First: Current MLB Trends That Began in The Far East

    Having grown up in Japan, I can speak with very high authority on this subject matter. There are several things I've noticed Major League Baseball has picked up, after it was already established in Japanese baseball...

    Written by Wesley Johnson about 5 months ago 2 comments

  10. Yu Darvish: Dice K? Or Dice Nay?

    What is 50 million dollars? To the Boston Red Sox, this is the amount that they payed Dice-K Matsuzaka just to talk to him. Then they dished out another 50 million dollars to sign him...

    Written by LETS GO REDLEGS about 6 months ago 2 comments

  11. The New Age Of Japanese Baseball-Player Media Coverage

    In 1995, Japanese born Hideo Nomo became only the third player from Asia to break into the ranks of the major leagues, following Masanori Murakami of Japan in 1964, and teammate Chan Ho Park from South Korea in 1994...

    Written by Sam Robinson about 6 months ago 1 comments

  12. Boston Red Sox: Can They Bounce Back from a Pointless Trip?

    I think everyone can now agree that starting a season with the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox in Japan is possibly the stupidest idea that MLB came up with. For the third time, the teams ended up splitting the series...

    Written by David Maystrovsky about 8 months ago 3 comments

  13. MLB Opening Day: Where Did It Go?

    I would like to thank Major League Baseball for ruining my life for at least the next two weeks—maybe more. Thanks to the "bright idea" to bring the league onto a world stage, ...

    Written by Bryan Thiel about 8 months ago 4 comments

  14. Athletics-Red Sox: Oakland and Boston Show Japan How It's Done

    Emil Brown redeemed himself today. After costing his new team the game yesterday with a boner base running move (way to show the Japanese how the Big Leaguers play the game, ditto Manny “The ...

    Written by Landis Marks about 8 months ago 0 comments

  15. MLB: Why Opening Day in Japan is Important

    Major League Baseball just had Opening Day. In a controversial move, they opened the season in Japan, before the two teams come back to the states and play some more exhibition games...

    Written by Joe Willett about 8 months ago 3 comments

  16. Here's An Idea: Play the MLB All-Star Game in Japan

    A big issue in baseball lately has been an international one:Should the season opener have been in Japan?While the MLB should try to expand overseas, this has raised some issues.The main one is that the game airs in the middle of the night for U...

    Written by michael heller about 8 months ago 0 comments

  17. MLB: Opening Day or 開幕日

    I never thought Kanji would be part of my baseball posts. But alas, as I drove into work this morning, XM178 was broadcasting the Boston Red Sox game against the Oakland Athletics live from the Tokyo Dome in Japanese...

    Written by Glenn Darby about 8 months ago 2 comments

  18. Buy Me Some Sushi and Crackerjacks? MLB Goes Global

    With the baseball season hastily approaching, get ready for hot dogs, cracker jacks—and sushi? In this day and age, if you visit your local stadium there is a very good chance you’ll ...

    Written by Michael Grosfeld about 8 months ago 0 comments