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Apr 18, 2021 Masahiro Tanaka didn’t have the return to Japan he’d hoped for, but it was an important first step nonetheless. Tanaka was back on an NPB mound for the first time since 2013 and was given a rough welcome by the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Saturday afternoon at Tokyo Dome. Sho Nakata absolutely crushed a high fastball for a two-run home run in the first inning and Kazunari Ishii opened the second with a solo shot. Tanaka didn’t give up anything else, but the damage had been done. He took the loss in his first game back — with the Fighters winning 4-1 — after...

Apr 17, 2021 The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters rediscovered some of their missing power in time to welcome Masahiro Tanaka back to Japan. Sho Nakata hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Kazunari Ishii went deep in the second and the Fighters spoiled Tanaka's season debut with a 4-1 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday afternoon at Tokyo Dome. "He's a pitcher who represents Japan, he's an amazing pitcher," Nakata said of his homer in the first inning. "I just connected and I'm glad I got that hit." Tanaka, making his highly anticipated return to Japan after seven s...

94 Twin Cities restaurants that closed in 2020 Pandemic, riots devastated the food-and-drink scene in the Twin Cities this year.  December 28, 2020 — 9:50am Saying goodbye to a beloved watering hole, a neighborhood café or a four-star restaurant is never easy. But in 2020, the pain kept coming as the pandemic brutalized the Twin Cities hospitality industry. Some restaurants, already hurting from dining restrictions, were swept up in the destruction that unfolded in the Minneapolis and St. Paul riots. Again and again, places that surprised and delighted us, that entertained and nou...

The 10 Portland restaurant closures that hurt the most in 2020 By Michael Russell, oregonlive.com Share: Pok Pok shown in 2007 at 3226 S.E. Division St. Photo Gallery Do you remember where you were nine months ago? I do. On March 13, nine months ago as of this writing, I was out for dinner at a new restaurant, and it was packed. At the time, that wasn’t exactly a rarity. The most obvious perk of my job writing about restaurants for The Oregonian/OregonLive is getting to eat out at places new and old on the company dime. And spring is the time when I research our ann...

The 10 Portland restaurant closures that hurt the most in 2020 Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Dec 21, 2020 Le Bistro Montage, the Cajun/Creole restaurant which served generations of prom dates and other late-night revelers for nearly three decades from its shadowy location under the Morrison Bridge, was a Portland institution. It officially closed in June. Facebook Share Do you remember where you were nine months ago? I do. On March 13, nine months ago as of this writing, I was out for dinner at a new restaurant, and it was packed. At the time, that wasn’t exactly a rarity. The most obvious...