Axel Boada
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Video Journalist @nytimes
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Joined April 2009
Japanese star Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on Instagram. The 23-year-old right-hander with a sizzling fastball and deadly splitter joins Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the World Series champion Dodgers.
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Roki Sasaki was 9 when a tsunami ripped through his hometown. His father and grandparents died, as did 18,000 others along Japan's northeast coast. That day dictated so much of what came after for Sasaki. Baseball made him happiest, so he started chasing a major league dream.
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Made a Bluesky, mostly to reserve my handle. Follow me there if you'd like
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The Chiba Lotte Marines are posting Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old right-hander regarded as one of the best pitchers in the world, paving the way for him to play Major League Baseball in 2025. Everything you need to know in news, free and unlocked at ESPN:
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Roki Sasaki, the Japanese right-hander considered one of the most talented pitchers in the world, will be posted to MLB, the Chiba Lotte Marines announced.
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Roki Sasaki is considered by many to be the most talented Japanese pitcher in history. He just turned 23 years old a week ago.
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It’s official. The Chiba Lottery Marines have agreed to post Roki Sasaki this winter. 🇯🇵 In 2025, Roki Sasaki will be in MLB.
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#佐々木朗希 投手について、ポスティングによる米国メジャー・リーグ・ベースボール(MLB)球団への移籍に向けた手続きを開始することにいたしましたので、お知らせします。 ▼松本球団本部長コメント
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North Carolina is the most rural of the battleground states. Ahead of Election Day, canvassers in Hurricane Helene-ravaged Ashe County knocked on doors of voters. https://t.co/WJfB27JDlW
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Yankees are playing so terribly that fans are literally taking it into their own hands
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Still cannot believe this just happened! He was trying with all his might to rip the ball out of Mookie's glove. And look at the little smirk when he did it! Unreal.
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“When I make menus, I’m excited for players’ reactions,” said Masayoshi Suto, the lead user interface designer for many role-playing games by Atlus. “I think, ‘What will surprise them? What will they talk about?’”
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The menus within role-playing games by Atlus, including the new Metaphor: ReFantazio, unfurl in a sensory feast of color, movement, sound and typography.
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Roki Sasaki struck out nine over eight scoreless innings in Game 1 against the Fighters.
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Kodai Senga says he is willing to throw between 10 and 200 pitches in his start tomorrow for the Mets 😭
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Prior to 2024, only 1 pitcher had started a postseason game after making 1 or 0 MLB app that season: Virgil Trucks started 2 World Series games after returning from WWII AJ Smith-Shawver did it in NLWCS G1 now Kodai Senga joins the list h/t @EliasSports + @AndrewSimonMLB
Seeing ghosts 👻 Carlos Mendoza announces that Kodai Senga will take the ball in Game 1 in the NLDS for the Mets, making his first start since July 26th.
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