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On this date in 1983, the Blue Jays traded Leon Roberts to the Royals for a minor leaguer by the name of Cecil Fielder. Fielder made his Major League debut in 1985 and played for the Blue Jays through 1989 before having his contract sold to the Hanshin T
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If you don't believe it, just think back to a few months ago when the chat rooms, talk shows, and highlight shows were filled with news of the posting for Daisuke Matsuzaka by Seibu Lions, the spirited bidding war that ensued, the Boston Red Sox winning
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA - JULY 28: Ken Sato carries a flower bouquet left on behalf of the Japanese Hanshin Tigers baseball team up to the home where former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead yesterday after an apparent suicide on... View Photo »
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Ken Griffey Jr.’s position as a “special consultant” to the Mariners is underway, with The Kid traveling to Japan this weekend as a sort of baseball ambassador. Ken Griffey Jr. chats with Japanese children at a baseball clinic Sunday in Kawasaki, near To
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You won’t find the name Chip Banks listed on baseball-reference. It was Banks, an future NFL linebacker, who helped steer slugger Cecil Fielder to baseball. “I thought I was an OK football player, I make my visit to USC and that’s when I decided I wasn’t
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This Day in Baseball History: Greenwell signs with Hanshin Tigers on this day in 1996
Gloucester Daily Times
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA - JULY 28: Ichiro Sakashita prays next to flower bouquets left on behalf of the Japanese Hanshin Tigers baseball team, outside the home where former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead yesterday after an apparent... View Photo »
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All offseason long, I haven't figured the Mariners have much of a chance of getting Yu Darvish. Hell, it wasn't even apparent when Darvish would be posted, or even if he would be posted at all, until last week. But then Darvish was posted, and now teams
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We’ve seen many players over the years try to make the transition from their overseas competition to Major League Baseball. Some have worked out very well (Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui), some have flopped (Kei Igawa, Tsuyoshi Nishioka) and others have gr
About Hanshin Tigers
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The Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース, Hanshin Taigāsu?) are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co. , Ltd. , the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. , owns the Hanshin Tigers directly. It is the sister team of the American baseball team... Full Article
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA - JULY 28: Ichiro Sakashita prays next to flower bouquets left on behalf of the Japanese Hanshin Tigers baseball team, outside the home where former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead yesterday after an apparent suicide on July 28, 2011 in...
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Takeru Sato, who says he is a friend of former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu, prays next to flower bouquets on behalf of the Japanse Hanshin Tigers' baseball team, outside the home of Irabu in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. , Thursday, July 28, 201. The former New York Yankees pitcher was...
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Ichiro Sakashita, who says he was a friend of former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu, prays next to flower bouquets left on behalf of the Japanse Hanshin Tigers baseball team, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. , Thursday, July 28, 2011. Irabu, a former New York Yankees pitcher, was found dead...
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Japanese baseball fans write their "Hang in There, Japan" messages on a large banner before the start of a season opener between the Hanshin Tigers and the Hiroshima Carp at Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Tuesday April 12, 2011.
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In this March 17, 2011 photo, Auburn University student Ryan Jordan gets laugh from his girl friend Haden Little as he tries on a Hanshin Tigers "gi" that he found in the clothing aisles at Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Ala.
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In this March 17, 2011 photo, Auburn University student Ryan Jordan gets laugh from his girl friend Haden Little as he tries on a Hanshin Tigers "gi" that he found in the clothing aisles at Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Ala. Along a country road next to a muffler shop and a...
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA - JULY 28: Ichiro Sakashita prays next to flower bouquets left on behalf of the Japanese Hanshin Tigers baseball team, outside the home where former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead yesterday after an apparent suicide on July 28, 2011 in...
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