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BASEBALL/ Giants legends Nagashima, Matsui receive...
Yomiuri Giants great Shigeo Nagashima receives flowers from his former teammate Sadaharu Oh, as another recipient of the National Honor Award, Hideki Matsui, looks on with a smile at the presentation ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
Fittingly, baseball legends and former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima and his star slugger, Hideki Matsui, were reunited one last time in the spotlight at Tokyo Dome...
BASEBALL/ Giants legends Nagashima, Matsui to...
Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima greets his former star player Hideki Matsui at Yankee Stadium in New York in April 2003. (Photo by Shinji Kouchi with Japan Sports)
Baseball greats Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui will be nominated for National Honor Awards, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
MLB/ Japan surprised, hopeful by Ichiro Suzuki trade
New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki doffs his batting helmet at fans cheer as he steps up to bat against the Seattle Mariners on July 23 in Seattle. (AP photo)
Japan reacted to the news that Ichiro Suzuki has been traded to the New York Yankees with surprise and anticipation that the move might lead to a World Series ring.
VOX POPULI: Fans place Texas-sized pressure on...
I hear Texans, who are proud of their state and love anything big, are indispensable to American jokes. Apparently, all the more since Texas is second among the 50 states that...
MLB/ Yankees sign free agent Kuroda
Hiroki Kuroda (AP file photo)
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees made a major push to bolster their starting rotation by agreeing to terms with pitcher Hiroki Kuroda on a $10 million, one-year contract...
MLB/ Nakajima retains American dream despite...
Hiroyuki Nakajima (The Asahi Shimbun)
Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima will make another attempt to join a Major League Baseball club as a free agent next season after talks with the New York Yankees broke down.
MLB/ Yankees fail to sign Lions shortstop Nakajima
The New York Yankees have been unable to sign Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima and he will return to the Seibu Lions for the 2012 season, the Major League Baseball team...
MLB/ Yankees sign left-hander Okajima
Hideki Okajima (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The New York Yankees have signed reliever Hideki Okajima, the Major League Baseball team said on Dec. 28, hoping the Japanese left-hander can regain the form that helped their...
MLB/ Yankees win rights to negotiate with Nakajima
Hiroyuki Nakajima (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The New York Yankees have won the exclusive negotiating rights with Seibu Lions shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima, Major League Baseball announced Dec. 7.
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