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🇰🇷🇯🇵In-Chun Baek, who won batting titles in both the NPB and KBO, has died at the age of 83. During his time in the NPB, he once had a 10-minute fistfight with a teammate he didn’t get along with before a game, after obtaining permission to do so.
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🇰🇷🇯🇵In-Chun Baek, who won batting titles in both the NPB and KBO, has died at the age of 83. During his time in the NPB, he once had a 10-minute fistfight with a teammate he didn’t get along with before a game, after obtaining permission to do so.

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u/ogasawarabaseball — 4 days ago
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🇯🇵 Shoki Oda(織田翔希) of Yokohama High School in Japan recorded the fastest pitch in the history of the Summer Koshien tournament at 156 km/h (about 97 mph). He has attracted attention from many MLB teams.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 6 days ago
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🇯🇵 Japan’s Koshien: one defensive error and two baserunning mistakes on the same play. Despite the teams being two powerhouse programs, it was a rare turn of events.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 6 days ago
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🇯🇵Masahiro Kawai, a coach for the Yomiuri Giants, can play catch using two balls. He played shortstop and second base, holds the world record for sacrifice bunts, and was known as a master of defense and bunting.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 12 days ago
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🇯🇵 A scene from Japan’s Koshien. Shirakaba Gakuen, representing Northern Hokkaido, turned a fantastic double play!

u/ogasawarabaseball — 12 days ago
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🇯🇵Women’s college baseball is also played in Japan, with nearly 20 teams in existence. The video features pitcher Kokoa Takemoto of Niigata University of Health and Welfare.

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u/ogasawarabaseball — 13 days ago
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Foreign visitors are increasingly attending games of the six teams in NPB Pacific League. The Orix have launched a ticket sales website specifically for international fans. Among the foreign spectators attending Orix games, 44.6% are USA, 20.4% are Taiwanese, and 18.0% are Australians.

sports.yahoo.co.jp
u/ogasawarabaseball — 15 days ago
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🇯🇵 Construction is underway on the new stadium for the farm team of the NPB’s Yakult Swallows. During construction, swallows built a nest at the site, so it was revealed that the construction schedule was postponed until the chicks had fledged out of consideration for the parent birds.

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u/ogasawarabaseball — 19 days ago
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🇩🇴The Dominican Republic is hosting the Central American and Caribbean Games. In the baseball competition, Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic with a walk-off win.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 19 days ago
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Hanshin Kotaro Otake, who returned to his hometown of Kumamoto during the NPB All-Star break, recalled being caught in a major earthquake, saying, “The shaking was so terrifying that I thought I was going to die. I saw roads crack open, water mains burst, and infrastructure collapse in an instant.”

nishispo.nishinippon.co.jp
u/ogasawarabaseball — 19 days ago
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🇵🇭 Rizal Stadium in the Philippines is set to complete a renovation in October. The center-field scoreboard will be replaced with a digital display, while the natural grass will be upgraded to all-weather artificial turf. Built in 1934, the stadium is famous for home runs hit by Lou Gehrig and Ruth.

abs-cbn.com
u/ogasawarabaseball — 24 days ago
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🇮🇳🇯🇵 NPB’s Seibu Lions have signed 22-year-old Indian pitcher Akshay More, a 6-foot-4 right-hander who throws around 93 mph, has only six years of baseball experience, and was the runner-up in India’s national judo championships.

full-count.jp
u/ogasawarabaseball — 24 days ago
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🇯🇵 Scenes from the Japanese High School Girls’ Baseball Tournament. A Clark Memorial International High School player hit a home run.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 28 days ago
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🇵🇭🇯🇵 The Philippines defeated Japan in an under-12 baseball tournament held in Japan!

u/ogasawarabaseball — 29 days ago
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🇯🇵 The scene after a Koshien qualifying game. For the losing team, this is the last game for the seniors.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 1 month ago
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🇯🇵The game between Tsuchiura Nihon University High School and Meishu Gakuen Hitachi High School in the Ibaraki Koshien qualifier ended on a walk-off wild pitch. Both schools are well-known programs with previous appearances at Koshien, and the game had attracted considerable attention.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 1 month ago
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🇯🇵Left-handed pitcher Yuto Maeda of Takaoka Daiichi H.S hit 96.9 mph during the Toyama Qualifier for the Koshien. He continued to consistently throw fastballs exceeding 93 mph afterward. Despite standing just 5 feet 8 inches tall, he has been selected as a candidate for Japan’s U-18 national team.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 1 month ago
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🇯🇵Riko Zenbayashi, a female member of Kanuma High School’s baseball team in Japan, cannot play in official games under tournament rules. To surprise her, her teammates gave her jersey No. 4 for the tournament, with heartfelt messages written on the back.

u/ogasawarabaseball — 1 month ago