In a battle of former Chunichi Dragons, a hot Kosuke Fukudome managed to rock his former teammate for a solo homer, but Kenshin Kawakami had the last...
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Lou Piniella announced before this Saturday's game that Kosuke Fukudome would be the new Chicago Cubs leadoff hitter "for a while." He...
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Welcome to the second week of the KND report, with a new logo courtesy of the incomparable April White."KND" stands for Kattobase Nihonjin...
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The KND Report continues today with divisional breakdowns of the Asian stars to watch this year in MLB, with an overview of the National League...
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Overlapping my division-by-division KND Report, highlighting the Asian players to watch this year, I'm kicking off my regular KND Report with a day...
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It's World Baseball Classic finals time, and both teams are Asian—it's a dream come true for the Korean and Japanese players, as well as for...
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Japan shut out Cuba, 6-0, on Sunday, for the right to face Korea, who beat them 4-1 last night. Their pitching and defense has been solid, but their...
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The top teams from Asia meet for the third time at the WBC, and familiarity only breeds mutual respect here, as well as a good scouting report on one...
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Team Japan, the runner-up in Group A, faced Team Cuba, the winner of Group B, in the San Diego Padres' PETCO Park, an extreme pitcher's park that...
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The Asian bracket of the World Baseball Classic has the longest layoff between the first and second rounds, a combination of television schedules and...
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