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NPB news in English and on reddit. 日本プロ野球情報を英語で提供しています。Currently just one person running the account. Yakult Swallows fan now in Sapporo.
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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano becomes the first pitcher to throw a no hitter in the Climax Series, by no hitting the Yakult Swallows
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Softbank Hawks hitter Kenji Akashi was so happy he hit a sayonara 3R HR, he did some back flips as he crossed home plate
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Yomiuri Giants IF Hayato Sakamoto has now reached base safely in 36 consecutive games from Opening Day, setting a new Central League record
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Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Miles Mikolas has been selected to the 2018 MLB NL All Star team
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For every Softbank Hawks win this year, including the post season, OF Akira Nakamura will donate 20,000JPY to the NPO Happy Mamma, to be used for breast cancer awareness and patients
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The Yomiuri Giants went through 3,000 bottles of beer in 20 minutes for their victory beer shower after clinching the pennant
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The Rise of Scott Mathieson: Vancouver-born MLB pitcher that became a legend in Japan (PODCAST)
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Softbank Hawks OF Seiichi Uchikawa became the 51st player in NPB history to collect 2,000 hits via
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The Hanshin Tigers have won the 2023 Nippon Series championship. This is their first Nippon Series championship since 1985, 38 years ago
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Dennis Sarfate showed up at the Nippon Ham Fighters Spring Training camp in Arizona, said he's looking forward to facing Kiyomiya
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Sarfatechu
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Yomiuri Giants veterans Koji Uehara and Shinnosuke Abe both would like to be back with the team to continue playing in 2019
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Softbank Hawks closer Dennis Sarfate is the first player since Hideki Matsui in 2000 to win the Shoriki Award, Nippon Series MVP and League MVP in the same season
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Former Giants/Eagles player John Bowker is still hoping for another shot in NPB, after finishing his third season with the Fukushima Hopes. He hit .359 9 HR 49 RBI this year, and is still open to continue playing there
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Kodai Senga bringin the 161km HEAT!
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ソフトバンク千賀、１６１キロ連発ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ : 日刊やきう速報
259: 名無しさん 2019/03/29(金)18:31:06 ID:t8U ファッ！？
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Brad Eldred, not re-signed by the Hiroshima Carp for next year after 6 and a half years with the team, says his neck is recovered, and he still has a year left in him and wants to return to Japan again to play in NPB.
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These are the gloves that Shohei Ohtani donated to the elementary school that he went to in Iwate Prefecture. A letter from Shohei was also included that said "I hope this glove will become a symbol for encouragement and dreams to the next generation"
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Good to see a former NPB star doing good back in MLB. Miles Mikolas had his 2nd quality start in a row, going 7 innings giving up just two runs for his 3rd win of the season
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Former Yomiuri Giants coach Kazuhisa Kawaguchi recalls working with Scott Mathieson in his early days in Japan, "He couldn't throw to first. When a ground ball came to him, he literally closed his eyes."
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Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto becomes the first Giants player in 5 years to hit 30 HR's in a season, since Shinnosuke Abe last did it in 2013 with 32 HR
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Yomiuri Giants veteran Shinnosuke Abe is tied for 1st all time in NPB with HR's off of 228 different pitchers. He's tied with Tuffy Rhodes
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NPB starting pitchers announced for Nov 06
Just kidding! Offseason time kicks in now. Gonna take it easy the next few days, probably only look at the news once or twice a day. Time to grab a tall chu-hi and chill the rest of the night. Thanks for all the fun this season!
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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Christopher Chrisostomo Mercedes is the first pitcher in NPB history that was signed as a developmental player, upgraded to a protected player, and won his first ever start in his first ever appearance in NPB
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Koji Uehara will be back with the Yomiuri Giants in 2019, the veteran pitcher announced via his twitter account.
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Masahiro Tanaka will be back with the Rakuten Eagles for the 2022 season, the team announced. Tanaka had a 2 year contract with an opt out after the first year, but he's staying with the team next season.
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda donated 10 million JPY (~$89K) to Hiroshima Prefecture for the West Japan flood/mudslide relief efforts.
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Former Yomiuri/Rakuten player John Bowker (
@bowker_42
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To celebrate the Hanshin Tigers winning their first Nippon Series championship in 38 years, a yakiniku shop run by a former Tigers player will be selling a 1 person serving of Korean-style marinated barbecued ribs for 38 JPY (25 cents)
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This is a 108 year old Yomiuri Giants fan. Her dream is to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Tokyo Dome
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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Christopher Mercedes is the first pitcher in Giants club history (Japanese or foreign born) to not give up a run in his first two starts. He also becomes the 4th foreign born pitcher in club history to win his first two starts
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Yakult Swallows looking into bringing back relief pitcher Ryota Igarashii, who pitched for the Swallows before heading to MLB.
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おはようございます。今朝のサンスポ電子版（東）1面。スワローズは、ホークス自由契約の五十嵐亮太を獲得へ向けて調査中。10年ぶりの復帰、弘寿コーチとブルペンでロケットボーイズ再結成へ。
#スワローズ今ここから
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Yakult Swallows pitcher Yasuhiro Ogawa is the 82nd pitcher in NPB history (93rd time) and 40th player in Central League history to throw a no-hitter. The last Yakult Swallows pitcher to throw a no-hitter was Rick Guttormson on May 25, 2006
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Softbank Hawks skipper Kimiyasu Kudo said he'll decide sometime in February who the Hawks Opening Day starting pitcher will be
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Softbank Hawks slugger Yuki Yanagita on a pitch from Scott Mathieson up and in, "If that'd hit me I'd be dead. I'm glad Scott didn't become a killer"
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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Scott Mathieson won the Most Valuable Middle Reliever award for 2nd time in his career
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Yomiuri Giants IF Ryota Wakiya announced he will retire after this season. He joined the Giants in 2006, but was dealt to the Lions as a compensation player in 2013, then came back to the Giants in 2015
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Dennis Sarfate has signed a 3 year contract extension with the Softbank Hawks starting in 2019, for an estimated 2 billion JPY (roughly $19 million). An official announcement is expected in the next few days
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Giants P Shun Ikeda inspired by Scott Mathieson, "He'd make me a protein shake w/message 'Tomorrow is another day'"
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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Christopher Mercedes set a new NPB record by a foreign pitcher for consecutive innings pitched without giving up a run from his NPB debut, with 25 IP. Previous record was 21 2/3 by Chunichi Dragons pitcher Melvin Bunch in 2000
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Yu Darvish rips Japan's dangerous high school system
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Softbank Hawks skipper Kimiyasu Kudo has been selected for the Matsutaro Shoriki Award, for the second consecutive year, and fourth time overall. It is presented to a person who greatly contributed to the development of professional baseball.
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Hiroshima Carp hitter Matt Davidson hit a HR that hit a Kirin Beer billboard above the left field seats at Tokyo Dome, earning him 1 million JPY and 1 years worth of Kirin Beer. He said he'll distribute it amongst his teammates
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The Softbank Hawks will hold their 2017 Championship Ring presentation on March 30 at Fukuoka Dome, and will be giving all in attendance for the Opening Day game vs Orix a replica championship ring
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Yomiiuri Giants P Scott Mathieson has now faced 38 batters in a row without giving up a hit (2BB allowed)
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Yomiuri Giants pitchers Tomoyuki Sugano and Ryosuke Miyaguni visited a school for sick children in a hospital in Kanagawa, giving the children presents and performing songs using bells with the children. This is Sugano's 4th consecutive year doing so.
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Daikan Yoh just tied the game at Mazda with a solo HR with 2 outs in the 9th inning.
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Yakult Swallows pitcher Albert Suarez and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Robert Suarez both picked up Saves today, marking the 1st time in NPB history 2 brothers got a save on the same day. 3 different brothers have had Saves in NPB, but not on the same day
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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano wins the Sawamura Award for the 2nd consecutive year. He is just the 5th pitcher in NPB history to win it 2 years in a row. He joins Shigeru Sugishita, Masaichi Kaneda, Minoru Murayama and Masaki Saito
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Former Yomiuri Giant John Bowker wants to play in Japan again in 2018. Currently with BC League Fukushima Hopes
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JFK back together again. The famous Hanshin Tigers pitching trio of Jeff Williams, Kyuji Fujikawa, and Tomoyuki Kubota that shutdown many a lineups a decade ago
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I never dreamed it would get this high, but here we are.
A big Thank You to everyone that followed, liked, retweeted, recommended, corrected my mistakes...and most importantly anybody that enjoys Japanese baseball
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MLB is apparently looking at an Opening Day series in Japan for the 2025 season. This would also involve practice games between MLB and NPB teams. The venue hasn't been decided yet but the Fighters new park Es Con Field Hokkaido is a possibility
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**cough cough** Hey boss, I'm not feeling so good, I think I better head home 😁
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Had a new daughter born recently. Won't be able to tweet as much. Won't be ale to sleep as much either 😄
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Yokohama DeNA Baystars players Taishi Ohta and Takuma Hayashi hosted an hour-long clinic for young local players in Saipan
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The Opening Day Series between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome drew a total of 138,274 fans, a new Opening Day series record for Tokyo Dome ever since they started announcing actual attendance figures in 2005
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Yomiuri Giants'
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The average TV ratings for Nippon Series Game 7 was 38.1% in the Kansai area, with a peak of 50.0% at 9:43 PM with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. The Kanto area had an average TV rating of 18.1% with a peak of 24.3%
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Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka earned his International Free Agency rights. He was posted to MLB after just 7 seasons in NPB, spent 7 seasons in MLB, and he is in the 2nd year of a 2 year contract with the Eagles in NPB again
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Top fastball swinging strike% from 2004-17 (DataStadium)
1) 2017 Dennis Sarfate (SH) 664 FB/149 swings 22.4%
2) 2006 Kyuji Fujikawa (HT) 997 FB/212 = 21.3%
3) 2015 Dennis Sarfate (SH) 776 FB/164 = 21.13%
4) 2007 Kyuji Fujikawa (HT) 925 FB/195 = 21.09%
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Umpire Naoto Shikita fainted after a foul ball hit his leg causing temporary low blood pressure in the Lions-Dragons game Jun 16. He was taken to the hospital but a scan didn't reveal any abnormalities. He's grateful to fans that were worried for him
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B.C.'s Scott Mathieson spent 8 years playing pro ball in Japan, hopes to end career at Tokyo Olympics | CBC Sports
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Yakult Swallows hitter Norichika Aoki became just the 4th Japanese player in baseball to collect 2,500 hits between NPB and MLB combined. He joins Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui and Kazuo Matsui in the club
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Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Miles Mikolas is now 6-0 after returning to MLB, and just threw his first career complete game shutout via
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Murakami has done it! He's the first player in NPB history to hit a HR in 5 consecutive plate appearances!
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