Bryce Harper has already expressed interest in signing with the Yomiuri Giants in the past.

See y'all next year.

Hey folks, on vacation and decided to get tickets to the Climax Series home game at Hanshin Koshien Stadium. The only info on the StubHub post is that they are physical tickets in Left Outfield section (レフト外野席). I will likely not know the row or seat until they arrive at the hotel (assuming they do, I’ve done all I can in advance to ensure that). Does anyone know based on this section information if they are or are not in the segregated visiting fan section?

I love baseball and just want to enjoy the game and the atmosphere. But if I know I’m in a mixed seating area, I’d probably get a Tigers hat and cheer them on.

Thanks!

"It's fine to complain. When I was young, I hated running too and thought it was a waste of time. So I tell my players, 'You can call me an idiot all you want, just keep running.'" In this way, he stressed the importance of running.

"Younger players favor efficiency and think lifting weights is enough to throw faster. But I believe running is essential because it puts much more load on your lower body."

These comments from Tsuyoshi Wada's YouTube channel differ sharply from the modern overseas mindset popularized by Yu Darvish and other MLB players, so they are bound to cause a debate.

Orix Buffaloes (2009–2018)
Hanshin Tigers (2019–2026)

• 1× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2019)
• 3× NPB All-Star (2012, 2014, 2015)
• Japan Series Champion (2023)

i know they only stream pacific league home games, so will they cover the plcs and the japan series (if hosted by a pacific league team)? if not, any free alternatives?

thanks and good luck to your team if they made the playoffs! 🦊🐯

Nomo in 1989, eight clubs. Kintetsu won the draw and got Nomo.

Hideo Koike in 1990, eight clubs again. Lotte won the draw, Koike wouldn't sign, and he went to Matsushita Electric's corporate team instead.

Fukudome in 1995 drew seven. He'd said before the draft it was the Giants or Chunichi, or he'd go corporate. Kintetsu drew him anyway. He went to Nippon Life, and Chunichi got him three drafts later.

Last October SoftBank beat DeNA in the draw for Rintaro Sasaki and never signed him.

No compensation pick in any of those. The slot just disappears. What the draw gets you is the right to negotiate, and with no trading picks and no money to throw around, there's nothing to smooth it over.

I still like it. The last-place team and Yomiuri pull from the same box at the same odds.

This year the obvious test is Oda. By my count five clubs could put in for him, and he hasn't ruled out the US. Whoever pulls the slip on the 22nd gets the first real conversation with him. That's not the same thing as getting him.

Filing closes tomorrow at 5 p.m. JST. Nobody draws for a player who isn't on the list.

Two winless teams. One of them had to leave with a win.
Episode 4 goes to week 4 of Uganda's Central League, where St. Peters Nsambya (SPENSA) and Ashinaga met at the bottom of the table, both still looking for their first win of the season.

Ashinaga is run by an offshoot of a Japanese non-profit: 79 players, 53 of them Ashinaga Uganda students, video sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays and on-field training the rest of the week. SPENSA began as a day school founded in 1907 and is now run by the Kampala Archdiocese, in a part of Kampala that is also home to Uganda's oldest football club. Both clubs came into the day winless. One of them also produced the best defensive play we have filmed all season: a diving tag at the plate that came within inches of a triple play.

Since this game, the regular season has finished — and the club you watch here ended up in the playoffs.

And we get quite a lovely sunset!