Hiroki Kuroda put together an incredible eight innings tonight against the San Francisco Giants, less than a month after taking a line drive off his...
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It happens maybe once a season, but there are plenty of close calls: the ball comes screaming off the hitter's bat right back at the pitcher, and hits...
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The KND Report wraps up today with an overview of the National League West, telling you which Asian stars to watch this year and...
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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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Earlier this year, Jim Allen of the Daily Yomiuri wrote a column for ESPN on this year's Japanese free agent market. Though he admitted this year's...
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The Los Angeles Dodgers decided to non-tender their former closer, Takashi Saito, making him a free agent. Saito missed about two months of last...
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The time betwen the World Series and spring training is traditionally called the Hot Stove League, based on the image of baseball fans huddling around...
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In Part 1 of this Japanese-American baseball history, we followed Masanori Murakami, the lefty bullpen ace for the San Francisco Giants who created...
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Beanballs occupy an odd place in Japanese baseball. Pitchers will brush a guy back, but rarely with intent to hit him—if they do, it's largely...
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Thanks to my favorite (non-Examiner) site, Baseball Digest Daily, for covering two stories of importance for Asian athletes. Junichi Tazawa, and...
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