The King of Baseball

September 17, 2013 by Matt Nadel · 1 Comment

Hey baseball fans! As some of you know, Masahiro Tanaka won his 25th consecutive game pitched a couple days ago for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese professional baseball league, breaking the 75-year-old record that was held by Carl Hubbell, the Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Giants. Some of you might be asking […]

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The Status of the Sendai-Based Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball

March 14, 2011 by Arne Christensen · 2 Comments

Hereâ€™s some of a story from the Daily Yomiuri on whatâ€™s happening with the Eagles following the massive damage to Sendai and the rest of Miyagi Prefecture in Fridayâ€™s earthquake and tsunami: After holding meetings on Sunday morning at their hotel, the Eagles held a somber workout at the Yomiuri Giants’ minor league facility in […]

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