Japan

27 March 2009

said with any certainty that another manager would have led the United States to victory over Team Japan in the semifinals, Davey Johnson’s inexplicable decisions may have cost his team a trip to the WBC championship game against Korea.

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16 January 2009

fans’ prayers, but he’s certainly a start.  Though it is hard to judge stats from Japanese baseball (because of the perceived lower level of competition and other factors), Uehara holds a 112-62 record with a 3.01 E.R.A. in his 10-year career in

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29 February 2008

A few days ago, while talking about his team’s upcoming season-opening trip to Japan, Red Sox GM Theo Epstein called Mike Mussina a “bad apple” for comments Mussina made after he and the Yankees traveled to

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14 February 2008

ey get a better sense of their pitching situation?

How Will the Team Handle the Opening Series in Japan?

Boston is opening the season with a two game series against the Oakland A’s on March 25 and 26 in Tokyo. The Red Sox will surely have no problem handling the rebuilding A’s, but what about after? The Yankees opened the 2004 season in

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