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TOKYO (Kyodo) Struggling power hitter Takeya Nakamura delivered a three-run homer while teammate Hotaka Yamakawa launched his Pacific League-leadin ....
Apr 15, 2021 When Samurai Japan manager Atsunori Inaba looks at the team’s new red uniforms, he’s filled with passion and enthusiasm. For Inaba, the uniform is a visual representation of the fire and intensity he wants his players to show. He can already see them taking the field in a couple of months in those striking red tops in pursuit of the prize the nation’s baseball establishment has been diligently working toward for nearly five years. Red may have been the color of the day on Wednesday, when Japan revealed the uniforms it would wear during the Tokyo Olympics, but gold is the only color that really matters this summer. ....
Dec 18, 2020 One long reign continued while another came to an end at the 49th edition of the Mitsui Golden Glove Awards. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks led all teams with four players selected as the top defensive specialists at their position when the winners were announced at a Tokyo hotel on Friday afternoon. Ryosuke Kikuchi, the Hiroshima Carp s dynamic second baseman, led all players with 283 votes and won the Mitsui Golden Glove in the Central League for the eighth straight year after a historic season in the Carp infield. This is my eighth time to win and each time I ve just been so happy to win, Kikuchi said. “I kind of feel like I have a responsibility to get it again next year. ....