On an magical Thursday evening in Nagoya, Daisuke Yamai and Hitoki Iwase combined on a perfect game to give the Chunichi Dragons 4-1 series victory over the Nippon Ham Fighters. The title is the team’s first since 1954.
With manager Trey Hillman electing to start Yu Darvish, the Dragons knew there would be little margin for error. So the Dragons were flawless. Painting the corners as if […]

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Just two days after the Doosan Bears were defeated in the Korean Baseball Organization championship series, Daniel Rios and Im Tae-hoon, got something of a consolation by winning the league’s MVP and Rookie of the Year awards.
Neither vote was particularly close, with Im picking up 79 of 91 votes and Rios getting 71 votes.
For Rios the […]

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The Chunichi Dragons moved within one win of its first championship title in 53 years with a 4-2 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Cleanup hitter Tyrone Woods put the hosts on the scoreboard, reaching first on a grounder to third and scoring on a Lee Byung-kyu fielder’s choice. The play could have been an inning ending double […]

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