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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. …

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 …

Latest News: In August 12 Fukuoka Softbank Hawks played against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters at Fukuoka Yafuoku Dome. The starting pitcher for the Hawks was Kodai Senga, he allowed no earned run in 7 innings with 9 strikeouts. Finally the Hawks beat the Fighters 1 to 0, so Senga won 10th in 2017 season. 2017 Senga’ total stats were 10 …

About a month have passed already from the first game of Japanese professional baseball (NPB) . In May 11, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks played against Orix Buffaloes at Fukuoka Yafuoku Dome. Former Chicago Cubs Munenori Kawasaki was the lead‐off man and played second base. He hit 3 for 4 and got a combined total of 1500th hit in his professional career in …

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 …

The Round 2 of 2017 World Baseball Classic started, the matches of Pool E were held in Tokyo Dome, Japan. On March 12, Japan national baseball team that’s officially nicknamed Samurai Japan, played against Netherlands. Ryosuke Kikuchi of the Hiroshima Carp was playing second baseman, he made a circus catch. In the bottom of 7th inning with a …

2017 World Baseball Classic is started, the matches of Pool B were held in Tokyo Dome, Japan. On March 7, Japan national baseball team that officially nicknamed Samurai Japan, played against Cuba. Nobuhiro Matsuda of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks was playing third, he hit three-run home run in bottom of the 5th inning. Matsuda had four hits and …

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 …

Latest News: 2017 season of Japanese professional baseball (NPB) has been started from 3 month ago, but last year champion Hokkaido Nipppn-Ham Fighters are 5th in the Pacific League. The reason is that many player are injured, Shohei Otani had pulled a muscle in his thigh and returned recently. In July 8 the Fighters played against Fukuoka …