Baseball

On August 18, there was the finals of the men’s 100-meter race in 2016 Rio Olympic games. Usain Bolt of Jamaica won in the race, got the gold in third straight Olympics. He won in the men’s 200-meter race and the men’s 4×100 meter relay, also got the gold in third straight Olympics. This is the first-ever record of Olympics. Bolt said that this is …

There was the game of Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Saitama Seibu Lions at Kyosera Dome, in August 18. Starting pitcher was Nao Higashihama of Hawks and Shinzaburo Tawada of Lions. Hawks was the 1st place of Pacific League until April, but recently they could not get thier engine going. So Hawks lost to Lions on this day that …

Yohei Oshima of Chunichi Dragons acquired the rights to declare free agency on August 16. He is 30 years old Center fielder, and played in Dragons until 2010. The four days ago, Ryosuke Hirata of the same team also acquired the rights to declare free agency. He is 28 years old Right fielder, and played in Dragons until 2006. In Japanese proffesional baseball, The …

There was the game of Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Chunichi Dragons at Nagoya Dome, on August 9. Tetsuto Yamada of Swallows entered the batting order as 3rd hitter. In the top of the 1st inning, Yamada ground out to third. He was a second baseman, took up defensive positions in the bottom of inning. But he complained of heavy …

There was the game of Miami Marlins vs Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, August 7. Starting pitcher was Adam Conley of Marlins and Jonathan Gray of Rockies. On this day, Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees announced his retirement but Ichiro Suzuki of Marlins entered the batting order as 6th hitter. In the top of the 7th inning, Ichiro got …

There was the game of Yokohama Dena Baystars vs Chunichi Dragons at Yokohama Stadium, in August 5. Starting pitcher was Kenta Ishida of Baystars and Raul Valdes of Dragons. In the top of the 1st inning,  Masahiro Araki of Dragons hit a double from Ishida, Dragons was the first to score. But in the bottom of the 6th inning, Takayuki Kajitani …

There was the game of Yokohama Dena Baystars vs Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium, July 31. Starting pitcher was Shota Imanaga of Baystars and Akitake Okada of Carp. Until yesterday, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo got 16 home run in July alone. But in this game, he can’t got the home run. After all he had 16 home runs in July …

On july 29, Baltimore Orioles announced that contract with Logan Ondrusek. He is the reliever, previously he was a member of Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan proffesional baseball. Ondrusek is 31 years old, and was nominated to 13th place from Cincinnati Reds in 2005’s draft. He threw at first in MLB on April 5, 2010. He played in 60 games on …

According to the news report in Japan, Christian Yelich of Miami Marlins wants to participate in the Japan national baseball team, on 2017 World Baseball Classic. His grandmother is Japanese, so there is a possibility to enter the Japan national team. It seems that Donald Mattingly of Marlins’s manager also admits that Yelich participate in Japan team. It would really be achieved? Eligible …