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  • • Poll: Who Will Win The 2026 WBC Final?
    Later this evening, the 2026 World Baseball Classic will come to a conclusion. It has been just as exciting as anticipated, with dominant performances from some of the elite teams combined with surprising upsets (such as Team Italy’s 4-0 record in the pool stage and Samurai Japan’s defeat at the hands of Team Venezuela in […]...2026
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  • Samurai Japan’s identity crisis led to WBC disaster
    • Samurai Japan’s identity crisis led to WBC disaster
    Samurai Japan has a major decision to make between now and the next World Baseball Classic....2026
  • • Seiya Suzuki Battling Right Knee Discomfort
    During yesterday’s quarterfinal game between Samurai Japan and Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki limped off the field during the first inning after getting caught stealing second base (as noted by Yakyu Cosmopolitan on social media). Last night, Kevin Barral of Fish On First reported that Suzuki was removed due […]...2026
  • Once a breeding ground for Dodgers, Team Japan light on future MLB stars
    • Once a breeding ground for Dodgers, Team Japan light on future MLB stars
    Three years ago, Samurai Japan fielded a team in the World Baseball Classic that might as well have been called the Future Dodgers. Playing both ways was Shohei Ohtani, who was employed by the Angels at the time. The rotation also included Roki Sasaki of the Chiba Lotte Marines, who was considered the most talented......2026
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  • Shohei Ohtani Has Gifts for Japanese Team Ahead of WBC QFs
    • Shohei Ohtani Has Gifts for Japanese Team Ahead of WBC QFs
    Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani gave his Samurai Japan teammates a gift before they head to the WBC knockout stages. Team Japan right-hander Fujihira Shoma posted a picture to his Instagram story Tuesday, depicting himself along with pitcher Ryuhei…...2026
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  • Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Now Has 2nd Biggest Instagram Following in MLB
    • Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Now Has 2nd Biggest Instagram Following in MLB
    Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has taken the title of the second-largest Instagram following of any baseball player, trailing only Dodgers and Samurai Japan teammate Shohei Ohtani. Yamamoto recently passed Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout with 2.3 million…...2026

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Samurai Japan injury and suspension

  • • Samurai Japan reliever Matsui has groin injury, could miss Classic
    2026
  • WBSC Premier12 Results: Korea pulls off stunning comeback
    • WBSC Premier12 Results: Korea pulls off stunning comeback
    Photo by Clicks Images/Getty Images Korea trailed 6-0, but rattled off nine straight runs to stay alive in Group B While current and former Braves have had their impact throughout the WBSC Premier12 tournament, Saturday was a quiet one for the organization as with the end of Group A play there are few former Braves left kicking around. Drake Baldwin still will have a chance to contribute i...2024
  • Outside The Confines: It might as well be Spring (Training)
    • Outside The Confines: It might as well be Spring (Training)
    Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Red Sox lock up a young pitcher. There are still a lot of unsigned free agents. The Dodgers and Padres are heading to Korea. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Red Sox have agreed to a six-year, $55 million contract extension with right-hander Brayan Bello. There is a team option for a seventh year at $21 milli...2024
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  • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 11th, 2024 This afternoon will be the final deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign talent that has entered the posting system from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball or South Korea’s Korea Baseball Organization. As the deadline draws ever nearer, most of the biggest names have been taken off the board. Many of them were signed by ...2024
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  • BCB After Dark: Closing in on the East?
    • BCB After Dark: Closing in on the East?
    Yuki Matsui The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the team should add NPB closer Yuki Matsui to the bullpen. It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s been an interesting week and we’re glad you are here to close it out with us. Come on in out of the fall air. There’s no cover charge...2023
  • • Thursday Rockpile: Optioning younger players this spring is unpopular but necessary
    Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 With spring training nearing an end and the 2023 regular season only one week away from starting, the Colorado Rockies are beginning to pare down their roster. This is a perfectly normal part of the spring. Minor leaguers get re-assigned to minor league camp or optioned to minor league tea...2023
  • • WBC Tonight: Japan is heading to Miami with a 9-3 win over Italy
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Japan advances to the semifinals. Team USA comes out second in Pool C. And Puerto Rico wins a huge but phyrric victory. This is an unusual edition of WBC Tonight because there is no World Baseball Classic tonight. Your next contest is Puerto Rico and Mexico in the first Miami quarterfinal at 6pm Central time on FS1. The Cubs’ Marcus Stroman will pitch for Pu...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Let’s take on the world
    Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The World Baseball Classic is upon us. As of the writing of this post, the World Baseball Classic is mere minutes from beginning. The WBC will run from March 7 to March 21, and we’re starting to see teams gather as the games start to get underway. This WBC was actually meant to take place in 2021, but for obvious reasons had to be postponed futher, meanin...2023
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  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
    Kodai Senga is not playing this year, but he’s the type of player you can see first in the WBC. | Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Two-time champion Japan will host four more teams looking for two spots in the second round The second of four pools in the first round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic will get underway at 9pm Central this Wednesday when Korea faces off against Australia. Gr...2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Business is business
    Photo by Sebastian Widmann/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The World Baseball Classic is getting closer. The business of baseball could be changing. Teams are getting adjusted to the new rules and other news from MLB. If you want to know why I love the World Baseball Classic, this piece by Michael Clair on the Czech Republic team is one of the reasons. The Czech team is absolutely the bes...2023

Samurai Japan lifestyle

  • • BCB After Dark: Closing in on the East?
    2023
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Timeline

  • 2026
    "Former Oriole among 11 joining Ohtani on Samurai Japan"

  • 2025
    "On this night in December, Sasaki sat down for sushi with former Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto."

  • 2024
    "“Imanaga joins fellow Samurai Japan player Seiya Suzuki as a member of the Cubs."

  • 2023
    "Team Japan announced the rest of their roster and Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbar became the first player on Samurai Japan from outside the country."

  • 2022
    "The Angels said that they won’t stop him, so unless Samurai Japan doesn’t want him for some reason, he’s in."

  • 2018
    "" The big leaguers took a two-run lead into the ninth inning Friday thanks to homers by Amed Rosario, Carlos Santana and Juan Soto, but Samurai Japan got the biggest blow of the night on Yuki Yanagita's walk-off two-run jack against the Padres' Kirby Yates to send the electric Tokyo Dome crowd home happy with a 7-6 win."

  • 2017
    "Facing the Bowling Green Hot Rods might have seemed a pretty good challenge for a 20-year-old kid from Australia, but it's nothing like walking into a packed, noisy Tokyo Dome with the fans singing for their Samurai Japan heroes."

  • 2014
    "On the heels of a no-hitter at the hands of Samurai Japan in Game 3, manager John Farrell shook up the MLB All-Stars' lineup for Sunday's Japan Series matchup at the Tokyo Dome, and the star-studded team got back on track with a 6-1 victory, its first of the five-game showcase."

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Samurai Japan trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter
    • Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter
    Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Reds and Royals make a deal. Chinese Taipei wins Premier12 in a shocking upset. A survey of the free agent market and other news from around baseball. Good morning. Thanksgiving week is officially underway. Have an intriguing holiday. We had one trade this past Friday as the Reds traded Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer to the Royals for Brady Singer...2024
  • • Outside The Confines: It might as well be Spring (Training)
    2024
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  • Cub Tracks ‘conventionally’
    • Cub Tracks ‘conventionally’
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. The Cubs’ front office is keeping their seats warm and their eyes on the prize. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #M...2024
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Closing in on the East?
    2023
  • • Thursday Rockpile: Optioning younger players this spring is unpopular but necessary
    2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Let’s take on the world
    2023
  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
    2023
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  • • Samurai Japan’s WBC Squad Brings the Best of NPB (and MLB)
    The WBC gives fans a chance to watch the best players international baseball has to offer, and Samurai Japan presents a particularly star-studded group ....2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Business is business
    2023
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Samurai Japan stats and results

  • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win
    • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Drake Baldwin got the start for USA baseball, and he excelled to help them to a close win Drake Baldwin got the start in the United States final super round game, and Baldwin showed up to play for the United States. Baldwin found himself in a key spot in two United States rallies, the first coming in the first inning when he drew a walk and came around to sc...2024
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  • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
    • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
    Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin struck out to end the United States’s 8-2 loss Drake Baldwin was once again left on the bench against Chinese Taipei, and the United States lost a big one as they will now likely find themselves in the bronze medal game unless they can pull off a huge win over Venezuela on the final day of the super round. Baldwin had an at bat with two runners on in...2024
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  • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan finishes group play undefeated
    • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan finishes group play undefeated
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Group play for the Premier12 tournament is over, with the action getting back underway with the Super Round on November 21st There was little drama on the final day of Premier12 group play. Korea’s Doyeong Kim delivered once again in a win, and the heavy favorites Japan and Chinese Taipei cruised to wins to close out the group strong. Those two advance to th...2024
  • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan, Chinese Taipei clinch Group B final standings
    • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan, Chinese Taipei clinch Group B final standings
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Japan and Cuba played one down to the wire, but the predictable result came to be and the Super Round schedule is now set The stage is now set for Drake Baldwin and USA baseball, with Group B’s action on Sunday sealing the schedule for the Super Round. Baldwin and the United States will face Japan on November 21st, Chinese Taipei on November 22nd, and then V...2024
  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Korea pulls off stunning comeback
    2024
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  • • WBC Tonight: Japan is heading to Miami with a 9-3 win over Italy
    2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Business is business
    2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Mr. Smith goes to Washington
    Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Dominic Smith signs with the Nationals. And other news from around baseball. My New Year’s Resolution is to always have something interesting to say before the links in Outside the Confines. Like the rest of my resolutions, I’ve already broken it. The Nationals have signed free agent first baseman Dominic Smith to a one-year, $2 million deal. Yep, ...2023
  • • Offseason Competitions Just 1 More Unnecessary Injury Gamble with MLB Stars
    2014
  • • MLB All-Stars vs. Samurai Japan: Game 4 Score and Reaction for 2014 Japan Series
    2014
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Samurai Japan parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter
    2024
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  • WBSC Premier12 Final: Chinese Taipei stuns Japan, wins gold medal
    • WBSC Premier12 Final: Chinese Taipei stuns Japan, wins gold medal
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Chinese Taipei pulled off an upset against the heavily-favored Samurai Japan in the gold medal final The final day of the WBSC Premier12 featured a repeat of the last day of the super round, with the United States and Venezuela matching up for the bronze medal and Chinese Taipei and Japan capping the tournament with a gold medal game. For those following the...2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan, Chinese Taipei clinch Group B final standings
    2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Closing in on the East?
    2023
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  • • WBC Tonight: Colombia stuns Mexico in extras, 5-4
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Japan continues to dominate. Colombia kicks the US part of the tournament right with an upset win over Mexico. Chinese Taipei beats the Netherlands. I hope some of you caught the game today between Colombia and Mexico. In the first place, it was a terrific game. And second, it was a prime example of what makes the World Baseball Classic great. WBC ...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Let’s take on the world
    2023
    Visit the page Lars Nootbaar
  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
    2023
    Read about Kodai Senga
  • • Outside The Confines: Tuning up for spring
    Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images A few trades in MLB. More rosters for the World Baseball Classic are coming out and their are new firsts. And other news from around MLB. Just 39 days until the start of the World Baseball Classic. News that is likely to affect many MLB teams is that Diamond Sports, the subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting that operates the Bally Sports Networks, is on ...2023
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Top Samurai Japan news

  • • Morneau helps MLB get back on track in Tokyo
    2014
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  • • Cano has X-ray on toe after being hit by pitch in Japan
    Robinson Cano limped out of the Tokyo Dome during the eighth inning of Saturday's All-Star Series Game against Samurai Japan, bound for X-rays at a local hospital. Cano had left the game an inning earlier after a Yuki Nishi pitch hit him in the right pinkie toe....2014
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  • • Perfect Norimoto leads combined no-no vs. MLB
    The team of MLB All-Stars was no-hit by four Samurai Japan pitchers for its third straight loss in the Japan All-Star Series, a 4-0 defeat on Saturday at the Tokyo Dome. Though the five-game showcase has been decided, the big leaguers will try to finish strong, with two games and an exhibition remaining on the trip....2014
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  • • Choate to represent Cards in Japan All-Star Series
    Lefty reliever Randy Choate will represent the Cardinals later this month in the Japan All-Star Series, which will feature a five-game set between a squad of Major League players and Japan's national team, the Samurai Japan....2014
  • • Puig comes up big in Tokyo
    Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and made a great catch in right field to help the MLB squad got off the mat in Tokyo with a 6-1 victory over Samurai Japan on Sunday....2014
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  • • Outside The Confines: Tuning up for spring
    2023
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  • • Japan Series: Live in-game updates
    Welcome to MLB.com's live game notebook for today's Japan Series matchup between a squad of Major League All-Stars and Samurai Japan. This article will be refreshed with news of the day and key developments from the game. For real-time updates, follow in Gameday. In the At Bat App, go to Scores in the main menu. You can also watch the contest live on MLB Network or MLB.TV....2014
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  • • Outside The Confines: Mr. Smith goes to Washington
    2023
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  • 4015. Samurai Japan

Samurai Japan schedule, game

  • • Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter
    2024
    See also Todd Kirkland
  • • WBSC Premier12 Final: Chinese Taipei stuns Japan, wins gold medal
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin’s big day sparks United States win
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan finishes group play undefeated
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Japan, Chinese Taipei clinch Group B final standings
    2024
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  • • WBSC Premier12 Results: Korea pulls off stunning comeback
    2024
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  • • Cub Tracks ‘conventionally’
    2024
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    2024
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: Optioning younger players this spring is unpopular but necessary
    2023
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