Japanese Baseball Players Set to Strike
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Japanese baseball players will strike for the first time if owners proceed with a proposed merger of two teams, the players' union said Monday.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese baseball players have gone on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the game after last minute talks ended without an agreement.
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In a strange sequence Saturday, Akinori Iwamura of the Devil Rays and Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees have their bats confiscated by umpires.
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Ichiro Suzuki, baseball&#39;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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Like two teams before a big game, supporters and detractors of a plan to bring baseball to the District are preparing their lineups for tomorrow&#39;s showdown before the DC Council.
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TOKYO - The first-ever strike in the 70-year history of Japanese professional baseball will take place Saturday and Sunday after talks between management and the players association ended in failure Friday.
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Baseball fans let out a cheer when players cancelled their strike over the planned merger of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and Orix BlueWave.
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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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The Oakland Athletics are close to finalizing a contract with free agent right-handed pitcher Keiichi Yabu.
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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Japan's prime minister-to-be, Yasuo Fukuda, named his party lieutenants on Monday as he braced for a showdown with a combative opposition amid calls for early elections after a disastrous year for the ruling coalition.
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During the past three seasons in Japan, first baseman Julio Zuleta has hit seven home runs and batted .273 against Daisuke Matsuzaka, the star pitcher who is negotiating with the Boston Red Sox.
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Japanese baseball players and club  representatives reached a deal Thursday to end the first strike  in the 70-year history of the sport in Japan, with owners  agreeing to let newcomers into the leagues as early as next  season.
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Baseball fans across Japan on Saturday celebrated Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s new Major League record for the most hits in a single season.
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Baseball returned to Japan on Monday after all weekend games were wiped out by the first players' strike in the sport's 70-year history in the country.
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March 31 &#151; Player representatives of the Major League Baseball Players Association, in a 47-0 vote, authorize a strike to begin April 1. All 12 exhibition games for that day are canceled.
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The country of Japan revels in Ichiro Suzuki's record-breaking season.