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Marines win in season's finale
Daily Yomiuri -- Koichi Hori led Lotte to victory in the final regular-season game in Japan, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs, including a two-run home run. Ryosuke Sawai added a three-run homer for the Marines.
October 18: Full Story
Wada gets back in swing
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- As the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions prepare to face the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series, Kazuhiro Wada is getting back in the swing of things after missing the last three weeks of the season.
October 18: Full Story
Future uncertain for Petagine, Ramirez
By Junji Noda, Japan Times -- October 19: Full Story
A-Cab stuck at 55; Godzilla reaches 50
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- The Orix BlueWave went where others fear to tread. For two straight games, they pitched aggressively to Seibu's Alex Cabrera.
A battalion of four BlueWave hurlers found the strike zone against the giant Venezuelan -- but Cabrera was unable to find the seats for a record-breaking 56th home run.
October 10: Full Story
Will American manager really be given a chance?
By Dan Latham, Japan Times -- October 9: Full Story
Skippers stall climactic HR clash
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- October 9: Full Story
Fear & loathing on home run record trail
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Breaking records just seems to bring out the worst baseball has to offer.
October 9: Full Story
CL, PL awards going down to wire
By Wayne Graczyk, Japan Times -- October 8: Full Story
Cabrera ties home run record
By Dan Latham, Japan Times -- After going without a home run in 19 plate appearances, Alex Cabrera launched No. 55 in his final at-bat to tie the single-season home run record held by Tuffy Rhodes and Sadaharu Oh.
October 2: Full Story
Tigers relish small taste of success
Daily Yomiuri -- The vivid images of the Tigers' terrific season was one of the electric currents running through the Central League this year.
September 2: Full Story
Swallows star Ikeyama opts to retire
Daily Yomiuri -- Yakult Swallows infielder Takahiro Ikeyama, a key member of four Japan Series champion teams, has decided to retire after this season.
"I'm putting my bat down, but now it's time to step into the batter's box of my second life," Ikeyama said.
September 1: Full Story
Giants clinch, then lose on wild pitch
Japan Times -- The Yomiuri Giants clinched their first Central League pennant in two seasons and their 39th overall, but it tasted rather bitter than sweet because they suffered a "sayonara loss" to the Hanshin Tigers 3-2 after 12 innings at Koshien Stadium.
September 24: Full Story
Seibu's PL crown ends three-year drought
Japan Times -- September 23: Full Story
Lions win first title since '98
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- It wasn't the way the Lions would have written the script, but the pennant is what they were after, and they're not about to give it back.
"You clinch the title means you clinch the title," said Seibu skipper Haruki Ihara. "This is what we've been working for since April."
September 21: Full Story
Practice doesn't always make perfect
Daily Yomiuri -- Sometimes breaking a routine can be more beneficial than struggling to maintain continuity.
September 18: Full Story
Pedraza leaves nest, vows to return
By Dan Latham, Japan Times -- September 16: Full Story
Cabrera fastest ever to 50 homers
Japan Times -- September 9: Full Story
Baseball countries pleased with labor deal
By Kenji Hall, AP -- August 30: Full Story
Wow, Wada show
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Playing everyday for the first time in his career, Kazuhiro Wada has been one of the secrets to Seibu's success this season, although it has not been easy.
August 29: Full Story
Martial arts guru helps Kuwata get career back on track
By Shigefumi Takasuka, Daily Yomiuri -- Yomiuri Giants right-hander Masumi Kuwata has come back from the verge of retirement after developing a new pitching style based on body mechanics drawn from classic Japanese martial arts.
August 21: Full Story
'Little' Matsui getting major attention
By Junji Noda, Japan Times -- August 17: Full Story
Fighters, be ambitious!
By Brett Bull, Sake Drenched Postcards -- August 19: Full Story
'Rami' has Swallows fans squealing with delight
By Rob Smaal, Japan Times -- August 1: Full Story
End of era for Swallows
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Baseball lost one of its great characters on Tuesday, when Masayasu Okada, the man who brought green plastic umbrellas and the Tokyo Ondo to Jingu Stadium, died of pneumonia at the age of 71.
August 1: Full Story
Will Ham hire foreign skipper in Sapporo?
By Wayne Graczyk, Japan Times -- July 31: Full Story
'Other Saito' making a name for himself with Giants
By Yukiko Ohmura, Japan Times -- When Kazuhiro Kiyohara was sidelined with an injury, Takayuki Saito was assigned to fill the huge hole at first base. He let no one down.
July 25: Full Story
Linares signs with Dragons
Japan Times -- The Chunichi Dragons have acquired slugger Omar Linares, a veteran Cuban stalwart who helped the country to two Olympic gold medals.
June 30: Full Story
Star wars
By Anthony McCarron, New York Daily News -- Alfonso Soriano's path to the majors was unlike any of the stars he's compared to.
July 7: Full Story
Anyone ready for Hara magic?
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Although some of the Giants' recent success is attributable to good luck, the real luck is that circumstances have inspired the new skipper to actually use some of his available talent.
May 9: Full Story
Trey bien! Hanshin hurler Moore off to hot start
By Rob Smaal, Japan Times -- Hanshin Tigers left-hander Trey Moore is actually a friendly, down-to-earth family man from Texas, but don't tell opposing hitters that.
April 27: Full Story
What's all this hoopla about Piazza and Griffey Jr.?
By Wayne Graczyk, Japan Times -- The Japanese sports papers sure do some reaching when it comes to imagination and dreaming up their front-page copy.
March 6: Full Story
War black hole for English use
By Naoki Niyekawa and Takeshi Kuroiwa, Daily Yomiuri -- World War II took a heavy toll on the use of English in Japan, and even such mundane items as cigarettes were not immune to anti-English fever.Full Story
Takahashi hopes team will follow his Giant steps
By Jeremy Walker, Daily Yomiuri -- A 1999 interview with Yoshinobu Takahashi. Full Story
Past headlines
Ichiro's bats more than pieces of wood
The lowdown on high strikes
Timing seems to be right for Evans
Giants' Crespo ready to do whatever it takes
New strike zone rule opens Pandora's box for batters
Keep Terahara out of arms race
Fighters' Mirabal is nearly perfect
O'Malley adds icing to Tigers' cake
Dragons lose Noguchi for 2-3 months
BlueWave, BayStars find solutions for minor headaches
Japanese clubs load up on foreign help
Komiyama: Slow road to big show
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