Recently you could read here about three players of the Hanshin Tigers that were contaminated with the coronavirus, which caused the cancellation of all practice games. There is some good news to tell as one of those players was released from the hospital. Today, the Hanshin Tigers announced that their 25-year old catcher Kenya Nagasaka …
NPB cancels practice games
After three players of the Hanshin Tigers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) has decided to cancel all practice games of the Japanese major league clubs. At least, according to a Tweet by Dutch pitcher Rick van den Hurk, all practice games are cancelled but the Ni-Gun (minor league) games …
Japan All-Star Series, game four: J Morneau – Samurai Japan 6-1
The MLB All-Stars already lost the series, but they wanted to put something straight today. They did, and especially Justin Morneau did. In the first inning, Morneau hit a double of Samurai Japan's starter Shintaro Fujinami (NPB sophomore for the Hanshin Tigers) and drove in Yasiel Puig who got on base on a double …
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