News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
(Kyodo) _ Atsunori Inaba and Terrmel Sledge each homered and drove in all nine runs as the Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Softbank Hawks 9-6 on Saturday. Inaba opened the scoring with a……Read more
Baseball Toaster: The Griddle (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Deanna Rubin of Marinerds, which is actually almost all about one woman's love of Japan's coolest team, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, finally made a trip to Sapporo to watch the Fighters in action.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
SAPPORO (Kyodo) Terrmel Sledge hit a go-ahead homer and Yu Darvish struck out 10 in his third complete game of the season Friday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Softbank Hawks 3-1 for their first win in five games in the Pacific League.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
A little more than two years after the blockbuster trade that shipped Alfonso Soriano to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Brad Wilkerson, Armando Galarraga, and Terrmel Sledge, the final piece to come the Rangers’ way in that fateful deal may be on his way out for good. According to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, the Texas [...]
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
June 10th: JJ gets Terrmel Sledge to pop out, putting the finishing touches on his third consecutive one-run save against San Diego. Box score & PBP Game thread ---------- I rate this highly in honor of the fact that never again will I have to go to Petco Park and overhear the following conversation: SD Fan 1: I can't believe we're losing to the Mariners. SD Fan 2: It's not over yet. Who's their closer?...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
The San Diego Padres on Wednesday sold the rights to outfielder Terrmel Sledge to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan's Pacific League, announced executive vice president and general manager Kevin Towers.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
The San Diego Padres on Wednesday sold the rights to outfielder Terrmel Sledge to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan's Pacific League, announced executive vice president and general manager Kevin Towers.
MLB (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
Padres sell rights to Sledge to Japan
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 12/01/2007
SAPPORO (Kyodo) The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are close to an agreement with outfielder Terrmel Sledge, who played for the San Diego Padres this year, baseball sources said Thursday. Nippon Ham hopes Sledge will fill the void left by Fernando Seguignol, who left the Pacific League club earlier in the offseason after playing for four seasons at the heart of its lineup. Sledge, 30, hit .210 with seven...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
Outfielder Terrmel Sledge is leaving the Padres to play for a Japanese team. The Nippon Ham Fighters and Sledge agreed to a two-year contract worth $2.85 million.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
Random rumors for this evening... ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reports that the Rays have contacted Geoff Jenkins' agent. They're eyeing him to replace Delmon Young in right field. Cubs lefty Scott Eyre exercised his $3.8MM player option for 2008. Terrmel Sledge never quite caught on in the U.S., so he's headed to Japan. I thought he was a sleeper entering 2007 as he'd posted a .985 OPS in Triple A in '06....
Ducksnorts (Free subscription) | 09/15/2007
Game #146 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (9-7, 2.72) vs Barry Zito (9-12, 4.46) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com From the Baseball America 2004 Prospect Handbook (aff link), here’s a quick look back at two Montreal Expos prospects: #9: Terrmel Sledge, OF: Sledge needs to add more power in order to start on a corner. He needs to work on his routes on fly [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/08/2007
The San Diego Padres recalled outfielder Terrmel Sledge from Triple-A Portland Tuesday, optioning right-handed pitcher Mike Thompson to the minor league affiliate to create roster space.
Best Hair in the Stadium (Free subscription) | 08/07/2007
... and, no, it's doesn't involve Padres pitcher David Wells.The Padres have recalled outfielder Terrmel Sledge from Triple-A Portland today, Tuesday, and have optioned right-handed pitcher Mike Thompson to the Beavers.The move makes sense because Thompson essentially took himself out...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/25/2007
Associated Press Terrmel Sledge accounts for both of the Padres' runs with a two-run pinch-hit double in the fifth inning.
