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My first piece for JapanBall!
Excited to be part of it.
Jun 15
Who was Eiji Sawamura, the legendary pitcher whose name lives on through Japan’s prestigious Sawamura Award?
His story begins when he struck out Charlie Gehringer, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx as a teenager.
Profile by @ThomasLSeagull
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Jun 14
Shohei Ohtani over the last 30 days...
Hitting: .406/.513/.750, 244 wRC , 2.1 fWAR
Pitching: 1.52 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, .139 BAA, 0.6 fWAR
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🇯🇵 NPB Team Summary as of June 15
👉 Seibu is the first team to 40 wins this season
👉 SoftBank & Nipponham are finally heating up
👉 Yomiuri was the only CL team with a winning record during interleague
👉 Hanshin & Yakult are only 0.5 GB of first despite a poor interleague
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Jun 15
Who was Eiji Sawamura, the legendary pitcher whose name lives on through Japan’s prestigious Sawamura Award?
His story begins when he struck out Charlie Gehringer, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx as a teenager.
Profile by @ThomasLSeagull
japanball.com/japanese-baseb…
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Jun 14
Seiya is putting on a defensive clinic tonight. 😮💨
You know what to do 👉 cubs.com/allstar
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Jun 13
👕 A t-shirt as epic as Kaz’s swing!
🎟️ Get yours on July 20: bit.ly/4wC21Wz
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Kenny Ishikawa 🇯🇵🇺🇸 is the first Japanese player to play in the College World Series and record a hit.
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An incredible outing from Yoshi!
Yoshinobu Yamamoto took a no-hitter into the 9th inning in Chicago 🔥
ALT Pitcher Line Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Los Angeles Dodgers 8.1 IP 1 H 1 ER 0 BB 7 Ks Pictured: Yoshinobu Yamamoto winds up to throw a pitch. He wears an alternate blue Los Angeles Dodgers jersey with gray pants and a blue cap.
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Neftali Soto is the 15th foreign player to reach 1000 games played in NPB, he joins:
Alex Ramirez
Tuffy Rhodes
Chico Barbon
Leron Lee
Leon Lee
Bobby Marcano
Jose Fernandez
Alex Cabrera
Greg "Boomer" Wells
Wladimir Balentien
Bobby Rose
John Sipin
Andy Miyamoto
and Dayan Viciedo
Jun 13
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Jun 12
Shingo Takatsu in the house!
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Jun 13
The Japanese national broadcaster (NHK) also introduced the story behind the Chicago White Sox’s City Connect uniforms.
They covered the connection with the Chicago Bulls, how Michael Jordan played for a White Sox minor league team, and more.
#whitesox
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Jun 13
Ohtani's reaction to Murakami's hair 😂
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Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 Day at Es Con Field Hokkaido
Franmil Reyes, Rodolfo Castro, and Miguel Sano participated in pregame ceremonies 🙌
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Jun 13
Tokyo takeover for White Sox / Dodgers in Chicago tonight! Swallows / Marines fans in the house
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Jun 11
A new book by Rob Fitts explores the overlooked people behind NPB games, showing how Japanese baseball's atmosphere is built as much off the field as on it. ebx.sh/e7uyNX
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