Baseball: Rare player strike grips Japan
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TOKYO It leads the TV news, and everyone from schoolchildren to the prime minister is talking about it. The first baseball strike in Japanese history has gripped the nation and rekindled interest in what was
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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on   Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in   Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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Japan won bronze in Olympic baseball Wednesday with an 11-2 drubbing of Canada, but it was a bittersweet victory after high hopes of a gold with their &quot;Dream Team&quot; of pro players.
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The country of Japan revels in Ichiro Suzuki's record-breaking season.
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Some Boston Red Sox players are sporting a different sort of foot garment: a five-toed sock that fits like a glove popularized by the teamâs two new Japanese pitchers.
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As Matsuzaka signs a huge contract with the Boston Red Sox, some Japanese fans worry about losing all their superstars. Others are just proud
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OSAKA-Japanese baseball players backed off their promised weekend strike on Friday after owners bought another week to discuss a merger that threatens to change the entire structure of the sport.
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Ichiro Suzuki, baseball's sang-froid  player, is racing to shatter an elusive record for hits in a  single season, aiming to bring glory to himself, the Seattle  Mariners and his country Japan.
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Japan's Ichiro Suzuki is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league baseball.
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Hall of Fame major league baseball player Nolan Ryan will be visiting Japan this month in a new role -- to make a sales pitch for beef from the United States, now struggling to regain its former position as a top supplier.
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Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka picked the right spot to showcase his talent. He pitched a complete game Thursday in leading the Japanese All-Stars past the touring major league stars 5-1 in Game 6 of an eight-game exhibition series. The major leaguers lead the series 4-2.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks got some bad news Tuesday: They were unable to trade five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson, his perfect game and his 4,000 strikeouts to the New York Yankees.
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Japanese school children and grown up  fans cheered Ichiro Suzuki when he set a new major league  baseball record for hits in a single season, a milestone that  drew personal congratulations from Japan's prime minister.
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SEATTLE/ARLINGTON, Texas  - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki  is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league  baseball.
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SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly forgotten ghost of the game, Ichiro Suzuki broke one of baseball&#39;s oldest records Friday night, smoking a single up the middle for his 258th hit of the year and breaking George Sisler&#39;s record for the most hits in a season
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Japanese professional baseball players are set to strike this weekend for the first time since the game was introduced from the US 70 years ago.
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NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees got a chance to sign a Japanese pitcher on their second try this offseason, winning the rights Tuesday to Kei Igawa after losing out to the Boston Red Sox two weeks ago for Daisuke Matsuzaka.