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Go Blue Jays. Go Carp.
Sixteen players from eight teams, including Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka, will be fined by their respective teams for illegally using online casinos, NPB said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/japan-baseball-online-gambling-fine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #casinos #gambling #baseball #npb
The four exhibition games between the MLB and NPB clubs showed that the well of talent in Japan runs deeper than the nation’s big leaguers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/03/17/baseball/japanese-baseball/coskrey-japanese-baseball/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #japanesebaseball #hanshintigers #yomiurigiants #npb #hirotosaiki #keitomombetsu
The former bankers who used statistical analysis of undervalued players to lead the Yokohama DeNA BayStars to a stunning upset in last year’s Japanese baseball championship aim to show that it wasn’t a fluke. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/03/17/baseball/japanese-baseball/yokohama-baystars-moneyball/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #japanesebaseball #moneyball #yokohamadenabaystars #npb
Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization says that 14 people, including players and team officials from seven teams, have voluntarily admitted to patronizing online casinos in the past. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/28/japan/crime-legal/baseball-players-online-casinos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npb #baseball #gambling #casinos
The amazing story of how Ichiro Suzuki came to America as the 1st position player from Japan in the MLB...
...and put everyone on notice about the quality & excellence of NPB players.
All hail Ichiro! 
The Day Ichiro Proved America Wrong
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KShn5FNKqVc&si=micpSoRufJAMBo52
Japan's Fair Trade Commission has warned the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization that restricting players' choice of agents may violate antimonopoly laws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/20/companies/ftc-pro-baseball/ #business #companies #ftc #baseball #npb
With support from its MLB counterpart, the union representing players in NPB is fighting to secure rights over players' images and give them the opportunity to make the jump to MLB sooner. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/08/25/baseball/japanese-baseball/npb-mlb-union-fight/ #baseball #japanesebaseball #unions #npb #mlb #tonyclark #fairtradecommission #laborlaws
Fretting over irregular contacts with overseas players, MLB has ordered its teams to suspend working agreements with NPB clubs, multiple sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/03/27/baseball/mlb-npb-ties-severed/ #baseball #mlb #npb
Bianca Smith is on a mission to find out how far her lifelong passion for baseball can take her as a coach, and whether her fascination with Japan can make that happen in Nippon Professional Baseball. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/03/11/baseball/bianca-smith-baseball-coach-japan/ #baseball #biancasmith #npb #mlb #bostonredsox
In memory of Akira Toriyama, Japanese baseball broadcast has replaced the ball-strike-out count graphics with Dragonballs. What a beautiful tribute.
#AkiraToriyama #ToriyamaAkira #鳥山明 #RIP #RestInPeace #Dragonball #NPB #Baseball @baseball@a.gup.pe @baseball@chirp.social
NPB players are working wth Driveline Baseball to push the data-driven player development movement ahead in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/02/02/baseball/japanese-pitchers-driveline-baseball/?utm_content=buffer67bc5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #baseball #drivelinebaseball #npb #mlb #frankminamino #kodaisenga #atsukitaneichi #fukuokasoftbankhawks
I missed the beginning - not sure how much - of #ESPN's documentary on #ShoheiOhtani, but what I saw was really, really good. Definitely gonna try and catch what I missed. #NPB #MLB #WBC and probably HoF in time but it would be premature to hashtag it now.