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Seattle Marinerds (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Well, I went down to Chiba to watch the game on Sunday, only it was raining. Not hard rain, but still, rain that didn't seem to be stopping. Despite that, guys were out on the field taking batting practice. So I snuck into the Rakuten dugout. First thing I did was just talk to Jose Fernandez for a few minutes. I asked him about all the rain and he explained that the Chiba turf was a bit...
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An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Japan’s not hurting for trains, but what’s the addition of another going to hurt? Senyo Kogyo and Senyo Kiko have jointly announced plans to construct a test line for an energy-saving urban transportation system this October. Dubbed Eco Ride, the “roller coaster-like” system in Chiba Prefecture will operate “using the height difference on the railway,” [...]
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
... credit card.The police official said Irabu admitted the assault.Irabu started his career with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League and joined the New York Yankees in 1997 on a four-year, $12.8 million.He spent six seasons in the majors with the Yankees, Montreal Expos and Texas Rangers before signing with Japan's Hanshin Tigers in 2003. Irabu had a career major league record...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
... card. The police official said Irabu admitted the assault. Irabu started his career with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League and joined the Yankees in 1997 on a four-year, $12.8 million. He spent six seasons in the majors with the Yankees, Montreal Expos and before signing with Japan's Hanshin Tigers in 2003. Irabu had a career major league record of 34-35 with a 5.15 ERA....
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... credit card.The police official said Irabu admitted the assault.Irabu started his career with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Pacific League and joined the New York Yankees in 1997 on a four-year, $12.8 million contract.He spent six seasons in the majors with the Yankees, Montreal Expos and Texas Rangers before signing with Japan’s Hanshin Tigers in 2003. Irabu had a career major league...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... police official said Irabu admitted the assault.
Irabu started his career with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League and joined the New York Yankees in 1997 on a four-year, $12.8 million.
He spent six seasons in the majors with the Yankees, Montreal Expos and Texas Rangers before signing with Japan's Hanshin Tigers in 2003. Irabu had a career major league record of...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... credit card.The police official said Irabu admitted the assault.Irabu started his career with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League and joined the New York Yankees in 1997 on a four-year, $12.8 million.He spent six seasons in the majors with the Yankees, Montreal Expos and Texas Rangers before signing with Japan's Hanshin Tigers in 2003. Irabu had a career major league record...
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Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
A museum in Ibaraki Prefecture is displaying a collection of photographs showing the birth of sausages in Japan. The photos were taken at a POW camp in Chiba Prefecture by Yoshifusa Iida, a government official that studied sausage-making from German prisoners and later spread their sausage manufacturing methods across Japan: From descriptions in a [...]
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh missed Thursday's game against the Chiba Lotte Marines after getting sick while having lunch, according to officials of the Pacific League ballclub. Oh, 68, is resting at the team's hotel in Chiba and is not scheduled to be hospitalized, the officials said, adding that he is set to resume work Friday when Softbank plays Lotte at Chiba...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
... were weak in controlling the ball compared to the best teams," said Japanese striker Kaori Chiba. "I think we need to train abroad with the best to improve."Meanwhile, in pool A, Australia were preparing for a must-win game against hosts China later on Monday to join the Dutch in the semi-finals.China, who are locked on nine points with the Hockeyroos but enjoy a superior goal difference,...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Held simultaneously in Tokyo (well, Chiba's Makuhari Messe and Marine Stadium) and Osaka, Summer Sonic pulled a combined 190,000 music fans for a weekend of polite debauchery under a scorching sun on Aug. 9-10. The Tokyo leg kicked off in fine style. With 120,000 punters watching 107 acts from around the world, boredom was never going to be on the agenda, but opening the Dance Stage with lo-tech...
