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  • Dave Roberts Believes Dodgers’ Elevated Brand in Japan Could Lure Roki Sasaki to LA
    • Dave Roberts Believes Dodgers’ Elevated Brand in Japan Could Lure Roki Sasaki to LA
    If Nippon Professional Baseball star Roki Sasaki leaves Japan for Major League Baseball this offseason, would he sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers? Sasaki, who helped Team Japan win gold at the World Baseball Classic in 2023, is one of the most sought after international prospects. The right-hander has drawn the attention of MLB thanks …...2024
  • 2024 Olympics: Quickly ranking all 32 countries’ men’s golf uniforms
    • 2024 Olympics: Quickly ranking all 32 countries’ men’s golf uniforms
    Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images After ranking the best and worst uniforms, let’s rank all 32 countries in the 2024 Olympics men’s golf competition. Welcome to Playing Through’s daily ritual — Golf Talk Today. The 2024 Paris Olympics men’s competition is over, and the women tee off Wednesday. Before focusing on the ladies, I had one final discussion for the men’s Olympic compe...2024
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  • Team USA easily wins gold in golf uniforms at 2024 Olympics, the 3 best, 3 worst team fits
    • Team USA easily wins gold in golf uniforms at 2024 Olympics, the 3 best, 3 worst team fits
    Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images Team USA's uniforms were the best in the 2024 Olympics men’s golf event. Here are the three best and three worst uniforms. The men’s golf competition is officially over, as Team USA secured Gold for the second straight Olympics. Scottie Scheffler fired a 9-under 61 to add a Gold medal to his growing trophy collection. Tommy Fleetwood won...2024
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  • 2024 Olympics: Hideki Matsuyama’s spectacular play leads to bronze
    • 2024 Olympics: Hideki Matsuyama’s spectacular play leads to bronze
    Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images Matsuyama took home the bronze medal for the 2024 Olympics as he played tremendously all week for Team Japan. Hideki Matsuyama did not fall short of making the podium in his second Olympic start. Three years ago, he came up short during a playoff for bronze in Tokyo at the 2021 Games. Matsuyama redeemed himself by outright winning the bronz...2024
  • • Swiatek, Osaka, Raducanu Collins, Svitolina Provide Starpower at BJK Cup Qualifiers
    Sixteen nations. Eight Ties. For the Finals! By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 10, 2024 The stars are coming out at Billie Jean King Cup this weekend!  Big names will be in action across the globe at this weekend's Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers, which are set to take place on 12-13 April 2024 in eight different nations, with the winning nations from the Qualifiers adva...2024
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  • • BJK Cup Qualifiers: Swiatek, Osaka, Collins, Svitolina Provide Starpower
    16 nations. Eight Ties. For the Finals! By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 10, 2024 The stars are coming out.  Big names will be in action across the globe at this weekend's Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers, which are set to take place on 12-13 April 2024 in eight different nations, with the winning nations from the Qualifiers advancing to November's Finals alongside 2...2024

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Team Japan injury and suspension

  • • Swiatek, Osaka, Raducanu Collins, Svitolina Provide Starpower at BJK Cup Qualifiers
    2024
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  • • Wednesday Rockpile: The World Baseball Classic and Mexico’s Lasting Impact on Alan Trejo
    Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Heading into 2023, Alan Trejo was projected to be a key utility infielder that the Colorado Rockies could deploy when they need a quality defensive glove to back up their projected starters. However, after a severe injury to Brendan Rodgers and defensive struggles by Elehuris Montero, Trejo now fi...2023
  • • Braves News: Japan takes World Baseball Classic Championship, roster move reactions, more
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images News and notes from Tuesday The World Baseball Classic wrapped up on Tuesday night after a championship collision between Team USA and Japan. Japan won its third WBC Championship title after its 3-2 defeat over USA. Undefeated Team Japan secures its 3rd #WorldBaseballClassic title! pic.twitter.com/ehM62luyw9— World Baseball Classic...2023
  • • 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
  • • 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
  • • Preseason Prep - February 23, 2023
    Shohei Ohtani, DH/SP, LAA Ohtani will have his first start of Spring Training moved up from Wednesday to Tuesday next week. The 2021 AL MVP, who threw a live bullpen session without any issues on Wednesday, is moving up his start next week to give him an extra day of rest before he travels to Tokyo to join Team Japan for the World Baseball Classic. He will also face an easier opponent as a result...2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Who am I to Judge?
    Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The MVP and Cy Young Awards were announced. The Mariners made a couple of deals. More hot stove discussion and other news from around baseball. If Twitter goes dark next week (or anytime in the future), this job is going to be a lot more difficult. Don’t get me wrong, it will still be possible to do it. But there simply isn’t any other place to keep track of spor...2022
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winter"

  • 2023
    "Nootbaar proud to make history for his mother and heritage with Team Japan"

  • 2022
    "’ “Team Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said Tuesday at the winter meetings that the team will give Suzuki as much time as possible to decide."

  • 2021
    "Forward Rui Hachimura, who played for Team Japan at the Olympics in Tokyo last month, will miss the start of Washington Wizards training camp because of personal reasons, the team announced on Saturday."

  • 2020
    "Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images Terao playing for Team Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan The simple fact of the matter is, hockey is just not a big part of the culture over in Terao’s home country."

  • 2018
    "That's why 28-year-old right-hander Ayami Sato of Team Japan is the Number 1 women's baseball pitcher in the world."

  • 2017
    "Jason Heyward went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Munenori Kawasaki scored two runs against his countrymen as the Cubs defeated Team Japan, 6-4, in an exhibition game at Sloan Park on Saturday afternoon."

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Team Japan trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winter
    • Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winter
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 8, 2024 The recent signings of Dakota Hudson and Jacob Stallings to one-year deals has likely provided the Colorado Rockies with their most active day (week? month?) of the off-season. There may be a surprise deal involving one of the club’s tenured infielders – Ryan McMahon and Brendan Rodgers – that coul...2024
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  • • Wednesday Rockpile: The World Baseball Classic and Mexico’s Lasting Impact on Alan Trejo
    2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Let’s take on the world
    2023
  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
    2023
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  • • Good Morning San Diego: Padres looking to extend RP Josh Hader, OF Juan Soto
    Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, March 7, 2023. San Diego Padres News Padres mailbag: Is a Juan Soto extension next? What about Josh Hader and Bob Melvin? (The Athletic) Will the San Diego Padres Be Able to Extend Juan Soto AND Josh Hader? (10TV) MLB News Ohtani hits home run from his knee in return to Team ...2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Business is business
    2023
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  • • Preseason Prep - February 23, 2023
    2023
  • • Outside The Confines: We are the World (Baseball Classic)
    Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports After 6 years, the World Baseball Classic’s return is almost here. Yu Darvish, Bo Bichette sign extension. And other news from around baseball. It was supposed to take place in 2021 and it’s been six years since the last one, but the fifth World Baseball Classic is just 25 days away. The rosters for all 20 WBC teams were announced last evening. Michael C...2023
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  • • 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
  • • Cub Tracks’ cuddly as a cactus
    Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. In which we fahoo forays and dahoo dorays, among other things. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-b...2022
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Team Japan stats and results

  • • 2024 Olympics: Quickly ranking all 32 countries’ men’s golf uniforms
    2024
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  • • Team USA easily wins gold in golf uniforms at 2024 Olympics, the 3 best, 3 worst team fits
    2024
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  • • 2024 Olympics: Hideki Matsuyama’s spectacular play leads to bronze
    2024
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  • • Wednesday Rockpile: The World Baseball Classic and Mexico’s Lasting Impact on Alan Trejo
    2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: The greatest Sho on earth
    Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images After a thrilling and sometimes divisive World Baseball Classic, we have a winner. Two weeks of some of the most thrilling baseball on the planet (or a boring, unnecessary exhibition if you ask some people) and we have a winner of the 2023 World Baseball Classic: Team Japan! It came down to two powerhouse teams, USA versus Japan, but in the end it was Japa...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Business is business
    2023
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  • • Preseason Prep - February 23, 2023
    2023
  • • Outside The Confines: We are the World (Baseball Classic)
    2023
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  • • A world away from home, Yuri Terao is chasing his dream with the Utah Grizzlies
    Photo courtesy of Utah Grizzlies The Japan native is overcoming barriers, both language and mental WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Chasing a dream is equal parts motivation, relentless work ethic, a positive attitude and a humbled willingness to approach uncomfortable situations headfirst. It’s an onerous recipe, a labor of love and an end-product of passion. More than most are unwilling for the unde...2020
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Team Japan parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • 2024 Olympics: Quickly ranking all 32 countries’ men’s golf uniforms
    2024
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  • • Swiatek, Osaka, Raducanu Collins, Svitolina Provide Starpower at BJK Cup Qualifiers
    2024
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  • • Wednesday Rockpile: The World Baseball Classic and Mexico’s Lasting Impact on Alan Trejo
    2023
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  • • Cub Tracks’ home stretch
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. A Cody Bellringer and more! Spring Training is almost over! The regular season beckons — who knows where the Cubs will wind up? Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, a...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: The greatest Sho on earth
    2023
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  • • Japan defeats Team USA 3-2 to claim third WBC title
    Japan celebrates its third WBC title after Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout. | MLB United States offense falls short, Ohtani shuts down Trout to seal the victory In a thriller to claim its third World Baseball Classic championship, Japan held on to defeat the United States, 3-2, as the only team to go undefeated with (7-0) in the tournament. Hollywood could not have written a better sc...2023
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  • • Gamethread: United States vs. Japan (WBC title game)
    Angels teammates Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout face each other in tonight’s WBC title tilt. Mike Trout and Team USA face off against MVP Shohei Ohtani and Japan, as the U.S. looks to steal back-to-back titles The World Baseball Classic championship is officially here, and after a thrilling semifinals matchup from Mexico and Japan, I can’t wait to get back into the action! The United States...2023
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  • • Braves News: Mexico Stuns Team USA, Eddie Rosario goes deep, more
    Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Another fun day of action in the World Baseball Classic. We are now fully into the pool play stage of the World Baseball Classic, and Sunday may have been the best day of action yet. It was a day full of fun moments and one huge upset that spotlighted the vunerability of Team USA, one of the clear favorites heading into the tournament. Here is a recap of some ...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Let’s take on the world
    2023
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  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
    2023
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Top Team Japan news

  • • Nootbaar proud to make history for his mother and heritage with Team Japan
    2023
  • • Ohtani hits home run from his knee in return to Team Japan
    2023
  • WATCH: Shohei Ohtani homers twice for Team Japan in World Baseball Classic exhibition game
    • WATCH: Shohei Ohtani homers twice for Team Japan in World Baseball Classic exhibition game
    Ohtani is set to enter the WBC on fire...2023
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  • • A world away from home, Yuri Terao is chasing his dream with the Utah Grizzlies
    2020
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  • • Outside The Confines: Tuning up for spring
    2023
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  • 2023 World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani gets Game 1 start for Team Japan against China
    • 2023 World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani gets Game 1 start for Team Japan against China
    It's still unclear what Ohtani will do with the bat, but he is taking the mound Thursday...2023
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  • • Heyward, Kawasaki contribute in Japan tuneup
    2017
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  • • Trout on USA goals for Classic: 'Win this whole thing'
    Squad captain looking forward to potential matchup with Ohtani, Team Japan...2023

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Team Japan schedule, game

  • • Dave Roberts Believes Dodgers’ Elevated Brand in Japan Could Lure Roki Sasaki to LA
    2024
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  • • 2024 Olympics: Quickly ranking all 32 countries’ men’s golf uniforms
    2024
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  • • 2024 Olympics: Hideki Matsuyama’s spectacular play leads to bronze
    2024
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  • • Wednesday Rockpile: The World Baseball Classic and Mexico’s Lasting Impact on Alan Trejo
    2023
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  • • Cub Tracks’ home stretch
    2023
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  • • Braves News: Japan takes World Baseball Classic Championship, roster move reactions, more
    2023
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  • • Japan defeats Team USA 3-2 to claim third WBC title
    2023
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  • • Gamethread: United States vs. Japan (WBC title game)
    2023
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  • • WBC Tonight: Japan takes on Mexico for a trip to the finals
    Roki Sasaki | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Mexico and Japan will face off to see who will face Team USA tomorrow for the 2023 WBC title. Tonight is the second semifinal of the 2023 World Baseball Classic as Samurai Japan takes on Mexico. The contest will once again start at 6 p.m. Central time and will be broadcast on FS1. Japan will start right-handed 21-year-old phenom Roki Sasaki of...2023
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  • • Padres Yu Darvish and Ha-Seong Kim Face Off in the World Baseball Classic
    Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images Darvish started this morning’s game between Japan and Korea In case you weren’t up at 2 o’clock in the morning like I was to watch Team Japan’s Yu Darvish face off against Team Korea’s Ha-Seong Kim, here’s a recap: In their first matchup, Darvish got Kim to ground out to shortstop. It took a nice play on both ends to retire Kim. A matchup of two...2023
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  • • Braves News: Japan takes World Baseball Classic Championship, roster move reactions, more
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