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Will Jason Rogers be a savior for Hanshin Tigers in Japan?

The Hanshin Tigers of Japan professional baseball (NPB) announced the contract with former Pittsburgh Pirates Jason Rogers in July 1. The contract is until the end of 2017 season, his annual salary is 300,000 dollars and uniform number is 48. Jason Rogers was playing in the Indianapolis Indians of Pirates’s Triple-A, in the last 10 games his stats were 412. …

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The expect which Japan team will contract with Wang Po Jung

According to the news report in Japan, some Japanese professional baseball (NPB) teams are considering a contract with Wang Po Jung. Wang plays for the Lamigo Monkeys of Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), scouts of Japanese team are visiting Taiwan for inspection of him in 2017 season. Wang Po Jung was born at Pingtung County, Taiwan in 1993 (Age of 23). He was …

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The achievement and problem of Team Japan for 2021 WBC

The final of 2017 World Baseball Classic was held in Dodger Stadium, Team USA played against Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has not defeated so far, but Marcus Stroman of Team USA (Toronto Blue Jays) allowed no earned run in 6 innings with 3 strikeouts. Team USA got 13 hits, finally beat Puerto Rico 8 to 0 and won the championship. Stroman got the …

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An up-close and personal look at Hanshin Tigers Shintaro Fujinami

The Hanshin Tigers are one of the most popular team on Japanese professional baseball (NPB). The Tigers work out in Okinawa, there were about 26,000 spectators in their spring training on February 19. At that day, the practice game was held and the Tigers played against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. The starting pitcher for the Tigers is Shintaro Fujinami, he allowed 1 …