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Team Japan eyes chance to settle score
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Japanese Pro Yakyu 2006
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WBC: Team Japan skipper Sadaharu Oh (right) watches Lee Seung-yeop's home run trot in the 8th inning at Tokyo Dome on Sunday, March 5th
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By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Japan came to California with one grudge match already circled on its calendar, now Sadaharu Oh's samurai fighters are aiming at another date with destiny.
March 14-15: Full Story
WBC: Lee homers again
Kyodo: Plate umpire Davidson hung in effigy at WBC
ESPN.com: Asian baseball thriving on Classic stage
New York Times: South Korea continues to find motivation
Opensen: K. Ishii dominant in Yakult win
JapaneseBaseball.com discussion: Bad Call Ruins Game
Korea stays unbeaten with 7-3 win over US
CBS SportsLine -- Team USA made what appeared to be the smart move, walking South Korea's top hitter intentionally. The strategy backfired.
Hee-Seop Choi's three-run homer off Dan Wheeler in the fourth inning was the key blow Monday night as South Korea beat the United States 7-3 to remain the only unbeaten team in the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
March 14: Full Story
Kyodo: Team USA humbled in defeat to S. Korea
Scott Miller: Loss to Korea won't make things any easier for Team USA
SI.com: Baseball classic means more to some countries than others
Ken Rosenthal: US no longer envy of baseball world
Inside look: These guys are good
Mainichi: Japan files official protest over controversial call
JapaneseBaseball.com: Koo Dae-Sung's NPB stats
Pitch-by-pitch: Last year's Koo signs with Mets thread
Japan edged in WBC 2nd-round opener
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Japan's California baseball dream began as a nightmare Sunday in a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat to the United States in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal round.
March 13-14: Full Story
Related: Overturned call costs Japan go-ahead run
MLB.com: Japan may protest reversed call
Kyodo: Environment minister Koike unhappy about call
Also: Valentine backs Japan in WBC controversy
A-Rod lifts US over Japan amid controversy
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Alex Rodriguez hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Japan in the second round of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday.
The New York Yankees slugger hit a 1-1 pitch off Kyuji Fujikawa up the middle off the glove of second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka to give Team USA a winning start in Pool 1 in a game marred by controversy over a reversed call against Japan in the eighth inning.
March 13: Full Story
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FOX Sports: WBC could face major ump controversy
CBS SportsLine: Japan gets raw deal in call
Japan Baseball Daily: Bob Davidson Becomes Don Denkinger to a whole country as USA wins 4-3
New York Times: Oh hits homer as manager
Opensen: New Yomiuri signing Noguchi fails to impress
Uehara readies to duel Peavy in 2nd round
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- When it's time to really get down to the serious business of getting outs, you have to turn to your ace in the hole. The man with control.
March 12: Full Story
Related: Japan hopes Uehara can control USA
Opensen: Fujimoto, Igawa in good shape as Tigers top Giants
Team Japan falls to Brewers in exhibition
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Pinch-hitter Ryan Braun drove in the go-ahead run on a base hit in the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat Team Japan 5-4 in an exhibition game on Friday.
March 11: Full Story
MLB.com: Fielder powers Brewers past Japan
WBC: Yakult's righty Gonzalez effective as Puerto Rico hands Cuba worst loss since 1983
Opensen: Zuleta homers twice in Hawks exhibition win
CL: Hanshin reliever Williams out for three months
Fujii, LaRocca help Yakult to first win
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Shugo Fujii pitched four shutout innings and Greg LaRocca hit an RBI single among his two hits as the Yakult Swallows beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-2 on Friday.
March 10: Full Story
Kyodo: Rangers rally to beat Japan 8-4 in exhibition
Stephen Ellsesser: Young Rangers surge past Team Japan
Also: Hargrove wouldn't mind Ichiro speaking out again
WBC: Mexico slams Canada 9-1, wins Pool B
Uehara solid as Japan tops Mariners in exhibition
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Koji Uehara pitched five shutout innings Wednesday as Team Japan defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-5 in an exhibition game for the World Baseball Classic.
Former Yomiuri Giants slugger Roberto Petagine blasted a pinch-hit three-run homer off Tomoyuki Kubota to bring Seattle within one in the ninth.
March 8: Full Story
WBC: Canada upsets USA
Also: Ichiro says Japan must focus on its own play
Opensen: K. Ishii shaky in first preseason start
Central League to stage playoffs in 2007
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Representatives from all six Central League baseball clubs gave the go-ahead to introducing playoffs next year with details left to be worked out later through talks with Pacific League officials.
March 7: Full Story
Oh: Team Japan ready to face off in second round
Opensen: Kawashima's 9th-inning triple leads Fighters over Buffaloes
S. Korea's Lee, Koo deliver deja vu
By Jim Allen, Daily Yomiuri -- Lee Seung-yeop has been playing Japanese pro ball for two years and has been one of the darlings of Chiba fans, but put "Korea" on his uniform and the left-handed-hitting first baseman becomes a menace to Japan's security.
March 6: Full Story
Jim Allen: Korea beats longtime rival Japan
Reuters: Dramatic finale boosts WBC's credibility
Chosunilbo: Japan smarts at Korean blow to its pride in WBC game
Detroit Free Press: Other countries interested in WBC; America is not
Photo: New Hiroshima pilot Marty Brown and Seibu's manager Tsutomu Ito (top photo) get an opportunity to talk to each other as Monday's practice game between the two teams is rained out; Lions' newcomer Jeff Liefer during an indoor BP (bottom photo).
WBC: Lee's homer lifts Korea past Japan
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Lee Seung-yeop hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning Sunday as South Korea edged Japan 3-2 to finish atop the standings in the first round of the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
March 5: Full Story
Jim Allen: Korean boom hits Japan
Japan Baseball Daily: Game recap and box score
Photos: Japan vs Korea
Opensen: Yomiuri pitcher Glover near-perfect in preseason debut
Photo: Lions' rookie Ginjiro Sumitani claps hands with coach Seiji Tomashino after his first spring home run, a 120-meter shot to left-center off Tigers' Naohisa Sugiyama.
WBC: Japan advances to second round
AP -- Hitoshi Tamura hit a three-run homer in the first inning Saturday as Japan advanced to the second round of the inaugural World Baseball Classic with a 14-3 win over Taiwan.
March 4: Full Story
Related: Kyodo News story
Jim Allen: California here we come
Photos: Japan vs Taiwan
Kyodo: Lee homers twice to lift South Korea over China
Opensen: Saito leads Hawks' shutout of Giants
South Korea opens Classic with a win
AP -- Jae Weong Seo pitched two-hit ball, and Chan Ho Park worked three effective innings for a save to lead South Korea past Taiwan 2-0 in the opener of the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
March 3: Full Story
MLB.com: Korea shuts out Chinese Taipei
Daily Yomiuri: Japan shows China no mercy
Mainichi: Japan's Oh tinkers with batting order
Opensen: Liefer hits first preseason homer for Seibu
Team Japan completes WBC warm-up
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Nobuhiko Matsunaka hit a clutch single and Daisuke Matsuzaka and five relievers combined on a shutout as Japan wrapped up its warm-up for the World Baseball Classic with a 2-0 victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Wednesday.
March 1: Full Story
John E. Gibson: Japan makes statement in final WBC warm-up
Stephen Ellsesser: Oh assured of Japan's Pool A supremacy
WBC: Japan ready for the World
Also: South Korea, Taiwan renew historic rivalry
Jim Allen: This world still has longway to go
MLB: Nomo agrees to minor league deal with White Sox
Opensen: Ibata's 2-run single lifts Chunichi
Photo: SoftBank rookie Nobuhiro Matsuda eats dirt with a head-first slide in the 4th inning on Wednesday
More: Ginjiro Sumitani of the Lions goes 1-for-3 in his first opensen start. The Seibu's No. 1 draftee has a fair chance to become the first high school catcher to make the opening day roster since Motonobu Tanishige in 1989.
WBC: Pool A teams converge in Tokyo
By Jim Street, MLB.com -- Four countries with varied baseball histories converge in Tokyo this weekend for the first round of games in the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
February 28: Full Story
Kyodo: Japan manager Oh confident ahead of WBC 1st-round campaign
Kyodo: M's beat Taiwan 6-3 in warm-up game; Giants crush China 17-0
Stephen Ellsesser: Taipei manager emphasizes balance
Jim Allen: Team China up against great wall
Related: China puts Classic in perspective
CL: Hanshin's Spencer to miss up to six weeks
Furuta off to losing start in preseason
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Keizo Kawashima spoiled Atsuya Furuta's preseason debut as player-manager Sunday, hitting a walkoff three-run homer to hand the Yakult Swallows a 4-2 loss in an exhibition game.
February 26: Full Story
CL: Hanshin reliever Williams may miss regular season opener
WBC: Watanabe solid in Japan WBC team's win over Lotte
Stephen Ellsesser: Watanabe silences Marines mates
Also: Japan's Iwamura sets sights on MLB
Lotte downs Rakuten in preseason opener
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Tasuku Hashimoto hit a grand slam in a five-run first inning to help the defending Japan Series champion Lotte Marines beat the Rakuten Eagles 9-5 as Japanese baseball kicked off its preseason exhibition schedule Saturday.
February 25: Full Story
WBC: Matsuzaka shaky in 4-3 loss
Related: Kuroda pulls out of WBC squad, replaced by Kubota
Ichiro, Uehara lead Team Japan to victory
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Ichiro Suzuki went 1-for-3 with two runs scored Friday to help lift the Japanese team to a 7-0 romp against a select squad in a warm-up to the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
February 24: Full Story
Yomiuri Shimbun: Uehara in top form for Japan
Ichiro steps up to the plate in Fukuoka
By Stephen Ellsesser, Japan Times -- Ichiro Suzuki is back in Japan, and he is feeling good. The Seattle Mariners star painted the right-field stands at Yahoo Dome from both cages during batting practice at Japan's WBC training session Wednesday.
February 23: Full Story
WBC: Korea, Japan coexist at Classic camp
Related: Fukudome at heart of Japan's WBC lineup
Team Japan begins WBC march
Yomiuri Shimbun -- Japan's team for March's World Baseball Classic comes together for the first time today with the first practice to be held tomorrow at Fukuoka Yahoo! Dome.
February 22: Full Story
Related: Ichiro wants a Classic show
WBC: Asian pitchers must adjust to Classic balls
Also: Seattle Mariners sign Petagine to minor-league contract
Tuffy Rhodes: the best ever foreign player in Japan
By Wayne Graczyk, Japan Times -- The 10-year Japan career of Tuffy Rhodes has apparently come to an end with the announcement last week he had signed a contract with his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds.
February 19: Full Story
Free agent reliever Takatsu rejoins Yakult
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Former New York Mets pitcher Shingo Takatsu, who filed for free agency during the offseason, has rejoined the Yakult Swallows.
The 37-old right-hander had been training with the Central League club at its spring camp and sufficiently impressed Yakult's new player-manager Atsuya Furuta.
February 13: Full Story
Baseball refused readmission to 2012 Games
Mainichi Daily News -- Bids by baseball and softball for reinstatement in the 2012 London Olympics were rejected Thursday by the IOC.
Baseball failed to get a required majority for putting the proposal to a vote, with members voting 46-42 against.
February 9: Full Story
AP: Yer out! No baseball, softball for 2012
CBS: Strike three for Olympic baseball
Yomiuri Shimbun: Former Giants skipper Fujita dies at 74
CL: Iwamura gets hefty pay raise, re-signs with Swallows
Balance key to diamond success
Yomiuri Shimbun -- Ask a ballplayer or manager why his club is struggling and chances are excellent he will say "timing" -- not the inability of batters to time pitchers' deliveries but the lack of proper production from its hitters in the same games the club gets competent pitching and fielding.
February 8: Full Story
How will Valentine, Hillman and Brown fare in 2006?
By Wayne Graczyk, Japan Times -- One-fourth of the 12 Japanese pro baseball teams in 2006 will be led by American managers. Their performances this season may dictate whether the recent trend for the Central and Pacific Leagues to hire foreign kantoku will continue or if the clubs will return to putting native Japanese in charge.
February 5: Full Story
Hard work for Furuta as spring training camps begin
JapanBall.com/Kyodo -- Atsuya Furuta worked vigorously on a busy first day as a player and new manager of the Yakult Swallows as spring training began Wednesday for all 12 teams in Japanese professional baseball.
February 1: Full Story
Yomiuri Shimbun: Spring camps give managers chance to shake things up
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