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BASEBALL | Legend Tom Seaver Shared Timeless Pitching Advice During Mets’ Japan Tour in 1974
Baseball great Tom Seaver, who passed away on August 31 at age 75, left an indelible mark on the […]
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[ODDS and EVENS] Cubs Pitcher Yu Darvish on Top of His Game
Statistical achievements are difficult to quantify in this global pandemic-shortened MLB season. The sample size is
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BASEBALL | Nomomania: Former Dodgers Executive Fred Claire Reminisces About 1995 Joyride
Fourth in a series It’s been 25 years since Hideo Nomo stepped onto the mound for the first […]
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BASEBALL | Twins’ Kenta Maeda Loses No-hit Bid in Ninth Inning Against Brewers
Pitch after pitch, Kenta Maeda baffled Milwaukee Brewers batters on Tuesday, August 18. In one sensational stretch, he
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Promising Talent Takefusa Kubo’s Move to Villarreal a Good Opportunity to Develop Skills
Blessed with abundant wealth and a rich roster of players, Real Madrid has the luxury of giving midfielder […
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Golfer Yui Kawamoto Grateful for Chance to Focus on Her Craft Again
Yui Kawamoto made a solid return to competition last weekend after the LPGA’s long layoff due to the COVID-19 [&hellip
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BASEBALL | Shohei Ohtani Not Expected to Pitch Again This Season Due to Arm Injury
Shohei Ohtani’s quest to be a two-way player appears finished for the rest of the truncated 2020 MLB season. […
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Tennis Calendar Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
The Rakuten Japan Open, a men’s ATP Tour event, was canceled in June, and the Hana-Cupid Japan Women’s […]
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BASEBALL | Nomomania: An Inside Look at How the Dodgers Handled the Media Demands
Third in a series In decades past, the 162-game Major League Baseball season was a demanding workload for […]
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BASEBALL | Shohei Ohtani Endures Rough Start as MLB Copes with COVID-19
The delayed Major League Baseball season began with much fanfare on July 23, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already [&h
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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 | Remembering Nomomania: Agent Don Nomura Looks Back at Trailblazing Client’s Historic Career
Second in a series Hideo Nomo possessed a famous stubbornness during his playing days. There were […]