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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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Let’s Talk Shohei Ohtani with Bill Plunkett, author of LA Story, DATE CHANGE Now Thursday February 19, 9PM EST
The SABR Asian Baseball Research Committee is excited to host Bill Plunkett in a discussion about Shohei Ohtani and his book L.A. Story: Shohei Ohtani, The Los Angeles Dodgers, And A Season For The Ages. Signup for this exciting zoom event below:
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Sailor Turned General Manager by a Single Book
by Tae-in Chun The baseball film Moneyball depicts a moment when one club tried to understand baseball in a completely different way. The 2002 Oakland Athletics questioned the conventional wisdom that permeated the baseball world. By acquiring undervalued players through sabermetrics, they redesigned their team. Similar attempts did not appear only in the United States.…
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 18 Takashi Toritani
by Thomas Love Seagull 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. Yes, they could only vote for players who are no longer active, so you won’t see Shohei Ohtani or other current stars…
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The Bums in the Land of the Rising Sun: How the 1956 Dodgers’ Tour of Japan Marked the End of a Dynasty
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 Fitts focuses on the Brooklyn Dodgers 1956 tour of Japan where Jackie Robinson played his final game.
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The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. Video of the January 28, Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
On January 28, 2026, Tatsu Shinke, the CEO of Mint Sports Cards, joined SABR’s Asian Baseball and Baseball Card Research Committees to talk about the sports card industry in Japan. You can now watch the talk on Youtube.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 18 Warren Cromartie
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. Today, Thomas Love Seagull focus on #18 Warren Cromartie
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Good Optics: The 1955 Yankees 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 Roberta Newman highlights the New York Yankees 1955 tour of Japan.
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An Introduction To NPB Baseball Cards
This great introduction to current Japanese baseball cards was published on SABR’s Baseball Card Research Committee’s Blog earlier this week,. We have decided to repost it here as background for our zoom chat with Tatsuo Shinke the CEO of Mint Sport Cards to be held on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30 pm EST. Please see…
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Carp Tales: Marty Brown
In this episode of Carp Tales, Marty Brown talks about his time as a player and manager with the Hiroshima Carp
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