JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Teruaki Sato is Having a Superb Season for Hanshin
Teruaki Sato is having a career-best season for the Hanshin Tigers. Sato leads NPB‘s Central League in the…
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Dave Roberts Reaches 1,000-Win Milestone
Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who has guided the team to three World Series titles, collected…
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Masato Yoshii Takes Over as Rakuten Eagles’ New Dugout Boss
With the worst record in NPB‘s Pacific League, the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles have shaken up their leadership ranks,…
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Shinnosuke Abe Resigns After Arrest for Alleged Assault of Daughter
Shinnosuke Abe, one of the best Japanese baseball players of his generation, resigned from his high-profile job as…
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Ichiro Suzuki Statue Unveiled with a Broken Bat in Seattle
Strange things happen every day. Odd occurrences are a staple of life, and the statue unveiling ceremony for…
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Hideki Kuriyama Honored as a Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee
Hideki Kuriyama achieved acclaim as a baseball leader decades after his early retirement as a Tokyo Yakult Swallows…