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BASEBALL | MLB Wraps Up Regular Season, Prepares for Unusual 16-team Playoffs
The pandemic-shortened Major League Baseball season wrapped up on Sunday, September 27, and after two action-packed mo
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Terunofuji Makes Quantum Leap in Sumo Rankings
Victory at the July Grand Sumo Tournament catapulted Terunofuji in the sport’s highly publicized pecking order. In t
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Hideto Asamura Provides Big Spark as Eagles Soar Early in Season
Hideto Asamura is on pace to set a career-high total in home runs for the third consecutive year. […]
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BASEBALL | Yankees Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka Hit in Head by Line Drive in Simulated Game
In a scary moment on the first day of spring training 2.0, New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka […
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] MLB Impasse, COVID-19 Pandemic Raise Doubts about 2020 Season
(Feature Photo: Baseball: the 2020 Nippon pro baseball season has started.) The clock is ticking. MLB […]
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Almond Eye Obliterates Competition in Victoria Mile, Ties G1 Turf Record
French jockey Christophe Lemaire rode Almond Eye to an impressive victory in the 15th Victoria Mile last Sunday at [&h
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The Greatest Japan-U.S. Post-War Diplomacy? BASEBALL
After the autumn visit to Japan by Major League (MLB) All-Stars — the first since 2014 — […]
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Koshien Players as ‘Japanese Gods’: Why We’re Crazy About High School Baseball
Why is high school baseball so popular in Japan? Why does the nation stop to watch, […]
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After His Injury, What Are the Options for L.A. Angels’ Shohei Ohtani?
Robert Whiting Shoehi Ohtani from Japan—the first major player to hit and pitch regularly in the […]
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L.A. Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Holds American Baseball Fans in Awe
The ruins of “Isawa Castle” are in the city of Oshu, Iwate prefecture, in the region of Michinoku, […]