Most of baseball fans in Japan can predict that he can be a core role in batting lineup, but how about current his stats? Hotaka Yamakawa is absolutely above our expectation.A new age slugger in Saitama Seibu Lions marked 11HR, 33RBI by 23…
The "real" five tool player in NPB will renew his career high stats in end of the season if he can keep these top form with surging team. His sensation will also attract attentions by MLB scouts.Yoshio Itoi, 32 years old OF of Orix, pull t…
This 2014 year will be 2nd season for him as a batter, and it also will be 8th year for him as a professional baseball player. This year may be his turning point for him on his baseball career.Fumikazu Kimura, former No.1 drafted player, f…
He just has left 18 wins for 200 wins club, but 41 years old right-hander will be part of reliever this year.As the Saitama Seibu's new manager, Haruki Ihara, revealed his plan in spring training, former an ace of the team pitched 3/6 and …
Masahiro Tanaka has been still the center of hot stove league. Nobody has not known his next home in U.S, but there is the fact he is about to across the Pacific ocean, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles must compensate the big hole of "Living …
There are many rumors. If Japanese media tell some story, U.S media tell it in the country. It is same with time when Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yu Darvish were about to go to MLB.But, nobody has been able to touch with the truth; If Masahiro c…
One of the Japanese baseball league, the Pacific League, begin their social media page on facebook and twitter in last week.Official facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pacificleaguetv Official twitter page: https://twitter.com/pacific…
His 192th hit in a single season delivered the team walk-off win against Saitama Seibu. He has already broken the team record in the 9th inning. It had by Munenori Kawasaki, 190 hits, but the walk-off hit extend the record again.Yuya Haseg…
With he deliver sharp liner to left field, Yasuyuki Kataoka came to home from third base. It meant the time that he became the youngest achiever who reach 100 RBIs in NPB.Hideto Asamura, just 22 years old and the "interim" batting 4th plac…
When the closer took swing out from NPB single season home run record holder at last, fans might get big relief, and the team found the way to survive for a little possibility. The percentage may still a low number, but to win each game ma…
It was different from 4th place team's contents. Some people may wonder why the team is now 4th place of the league because the core players output their potential fully. And the team fans may think it will turn around of a bad situation.T…
The man has not been able to hit a home run until July in the 2013 season. But, he smashed eight home runs with 22 RBIs in 23 games in August. It means he exceeded his career home runs (3) and RBIs (13) in 102 games (for three years) in a …
"The batting 4th place on lineup", we call it "4番 (Yo-ban)", has a big mean for not only baseball players but also baseball fans, as Hideto Asamura said "I don't like it (because it has big responsible)."But Asamura, the Saitama Seibu's y…
He missed being one of the legends of NPB history. But the 21 years old LHP of the Saitama Seibu literary dominated the game against the Chunichi Dragons. It lets us know new era of the Pacific League has come, and he will pull NPB in the …
He said "I want to show Tomura is different from before" after the last outing. It might be true at some point, but "Tomura was Tomura" on the other point on last night against the Hanshin Tigers.Kenji Tomura, Tohoku Rakuten's 25 year's ol…
He can't get the first win on his career even if he just allowed 2 runs in 8 IP. So the pitcher also missed two times on batting, he blamed himself "My fault". But, his reputation has been rising.Kazuki Mishima, the Yokohama DeNA Baystars'…
5 IP, 86 pitch, 6 hits, 2 strikeout, 3 walks, and 1 run on career first outing. If you see these stats at first, you will think "it is not bad". But if you are adding more info, "he mark 98 mph fastball", you will think "it must be a good …
It was a late start for him. The young RHP missed some opportunity to pitch by rain and sick on the beginning of the season. But his non-stop effort and strong passion for mound made him a winning pitcher tonight.Kenji Tomura, the Tohoku R…
The former league champion has been struggling from the 2nd day of the season. They earned 1st win of this season on opening day, but they are now on bad stream.There is a simple question. WHY?It may easy to find answers if you see the lea…
It was 2nd start for him as a professional player who has already appeared on 12 games. To match up with Tetsuya Utsumi, Yomiuri' ace LHP who is the winningest pitcher in 2011 and 2012 of the league, may tough task for him, but Kazuki Mish…
How many people can expect his success in NPB at the time? The team, the Hokkaido Nipponham Fighters, needed another slugger who can tag with Sho Nakata and compensate the hole of Yoshio Itoi, but people thought the Cuban hitter will need …
The average of it is just "25.7". This number is Saitama Seibu's starters' average years old; it is composed by Hideaki Wakui, Takayuki Kishi, Kazuhisa Makita, Yusei Kikuchi, Ken Togame, and Ryoma Nogami. They are literary pulling the team…
When you hear the phrase, "Yokohama DeNA", most of the people will mind the words, "weak". As they think, the Yokohama DeNA Baystars has been sinking on under the boarder line of postseason. Their last triumph was in 1998, when they got th…
It took 21 days after the opening day. As he said after the game, "I notice difficulty to get just a win". Takayuki Kishi, the opening starter of the Saitama Seibu, get the first win of 2013 season at Sapporo against the Hokkaido Nipponham…
Every year, NPB has been lost some great players who goes to MLB. Their leaving has been let us feel some sadness.But some young players has compensated the hole soon. Even if we lost Yu Darvish, we could find Mitsuo Yoshikawa, the Hokkaid…
The development players in Japan.8th April, one of young pitcher earned first win on his career at Sendai. Yuji Nishino, just 22 years old RHP, shutout by 7th inning, and he supported by powerful battings; Whitesell marked "3 consecutive a…
The Saitama Seibu had been on good stream after they dropped the opening day against Hokkaido Nipponham. The team had continued 5 consecutive wins from 2nd day of opening series, 3/30, even if they lost Hiroyuki Nakajima and lacks Takeya N…
The Saitama Seibu has been lacking a trustful closer for a few years. 10 years ago, they had Kiyoshi Toyoda who acquired the title of relievers. If there are the ranking of the team historical pitchers, he will be ranked high place as a be…
The team couldn't head to "Climax series", NPB's postseason. But the 4th team in the league just lacked for 2 win to 3rd place. The difference is literally so small, and it may be compensated in next year by their young hopeful pitchers de…
It was absolutely historic stall. Most of people, especially their fans, believed the team will do runaway victory. But the prediction was not true. The situation turned for bad side.The Chiba Lotte Marines fall to clinch Climax series, pl…
