Yu Darvish went the distance, striking out eight as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters took an easy 1-0 lead over the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Pacific League Championship Series Saturday afternoon in Sapporo.  
 The Ham Fighters scored four times in the bottom of the second inning, the big blow being a bases-loaded double by Hichori Morimoto that gave […]

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With the dream matchup between the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters starting today (series preview here) one can expect there will be plenty of talk about the young phenoms that lead the teams–Yu Darvish and Yoshihisa Naruse.
Both pitchers are in their early 20s and had amazing statistical years. A blog based in Japan has an interesting breakdown […]

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Paced by Lee Beum-ho’s two home runs and a gutsy 3 1/3 innings thrown by Tuesday’s starter Ryu Hyeon-jin, the Hanwha Eagles advanced to the second round of the KBO playoffs with a 5-3 victory last night.

Hanwha got to Samsung starter Rick Mazone early with two runs in the bottom of the first. Lions manager Sun Dong-yeol […]

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