In the Premier 12 first semi-final an unexpected score could be seen on the scoreboards. The huge favorite team Samurai Japan had a hard time against the final Olympic champion Korea. For three innings both teams did not score but in the fourth, Japan stepped on it and scored three times. Sho Nakata drew a…
In the opening game, Korea could keep pace with Japan for one and a half innings. But after the Samurai Japan took a 2-0 they never looked back. Without flexing their muscles, the Japanese cruised to a 5-0 victory. Despite loading the bases a few times, the Koreans could not cash in. Samurai Japan starting…
The World Baseball and Softball Confederation announced the roster of the European team that will take on Samurai Japan in a two game series on March 10 and 11 in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The team is a mix of players from the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany and France. The series is all organized…
Today, Samurai Japan released the roster with players that will participate in the two game series vs the European team. Biggest absentee is Shohei Otani, the 20-year old right handed pitcher of the Nippon Ham Fighters. His fastball reaches 100 MPH easily. The European roster is expected tomorrow (Tuesday February 17). I know the names…
Today, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) presented the logo of the new “world championship tournament” called the Premier 12. This tournament will be played in Taiwan and Japan and the best twelve baseball countries of the world will participate. The first round and the quarter-finals will be staged in Taiwan. The semi-finals and…
vs According to the Japanese newspaper 5Newspaper the Japanese All Star team that took on an MLB All Star team in November, the Samurai Japan, is planning to play a friendly game vs a European All Star Team in March. Kumazaki Katsuhiko, the commissioner of the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) said this according to…
A great performance by the Samurai Japan team. Jeremy Guthrie pitched five innings for the MLB All-Stars. In those five innings he allowed four runs on five hits (two homeruns). Guthrie struck out three and walked two. After a 1-2-3 first inning, he gave up a two run homerun to Hayato Sakamoto of the Yomiuri…
In the Tokyo Dome the MLB All-Stars and the Samurai Japan met each other for game two of the Japan All-Star Series. You can imagine that Hisashi Iwakuma wanted to shine in his hometown Tokyo. But the pitcher of the Seattle Mariners did everything but shine. Though he got through the first inning relatively…
The first matchup between the MLB All Stars and the Samurai Japan team was a pure pitching duel. Both starters lasted five innings. The difference between the two was two runs. Kenta Maeda, the ace of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, was masterful and cruised through the five innings that he pitched. Matt Shoemaker pitched…
