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How to Follow Asian Professional Baseball
So how can English speakers follow Asian baseball? There are now numerous ways to track professional baseball in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan even if you don’t read the native languages. Let’s look at each country in turn.
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What Can MLB Teams and Fans Learn from the KBO About Playoff Byes?
Since the latest shakeup of the MLB playoff format that created the first-round bye in 2022, there has been discussion every fall about byes, rust, and time off. After four years of this new format, we still do not really have a large enough sample size to draw any firm conclusions. However, something that often…
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 14, Tatsunori Hara
Today Thomas Love seagull features Tatsunori Hara in his series on Japan’s top players
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No Alibis: The Detroit Tigers’ 1962 Tour of Japan
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Andrew Forbes focuses on the Detroit Tigers 1962 visit to Japan.
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Excerpt: In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball
Off Base with Howard Cole recently published an excerpted interview with Bobby Valentine from In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball by Robert Fitts
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Baseball at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
The 1964 Tokyo Olympics were the fifth time that baseball was included as a demonstration sport, following the 1912, 1936, 1952 and 1956 Olympiads. The 1964 games, however, were different than the games before them in that more than one game would be played.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 15 Katsuya Nomura
Today, Thomas Love Seagull profiles Katsuya Nomura, Japan’s greatest catcher
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San Francisco Baseball Returns to Japan: The 1960 Giants Goodwill Tour
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Rob Garratt tells us about Willie Mays and the San Francisco Giants 1960 visit to Japan.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 16 Suguru Egawa
A recent poll for a TV special saw more than 50,000 people in Japan vote for their favorite retired baseball players. 20 players emerged from a pool of 9,000. In this installment Thomas Love Seagull focuses on Suguru Egawa
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Crossroads: The 1958 St. Louis Cardinals Tour of Japan
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Adam Berenbak focuses on Stan Musial, Shigeo Nagashima, and the Cardinals 1958 visit to Japan.
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