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  • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 11th, 2024 This afternoon will be the final deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign talent that has entered the posting system from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball or South Korea’s Korea Baseball Organization. As the deadline draws ever nearer, most of the biggest names have been taken off the board. Many of them were signed by ...2024
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  • • NPB’s Rakuten Golden Eagles Sign Cody Ponce
    The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Cody Ponce, the team announced.  This will mark Ponce’s third straight season in NPB, as he pitched for the Nippon Ham Fighters in both 2022 and 2023. Ponce posted a solid 3.47 ERA over 135 innings for the Fighters over the last two…...2023
  • Celebrating Atlanta Braves legend Andruw Jones
    • Celebrating Atlanta Braves legend Andruw Jones
    At long last, Atlanta Braves legend Andruw Jones is having his number retired by the organization. Seven years after being inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame, Jones will finally see his number retired by the organization with which he became a generational defensive talent. At long last, the Atlanta Braves will be retiring the number Andruw Jones famously wore during his 12 seasons with...2023
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for July 29, 2023
    There are four images for “Alen Hanson” and “Royals” in the archive. This is one of them. Asian Baseball Midseason Check, Part III: NPB Ed note: As mentioned in yesterday’s comments, Max and I swapped Fri and Sat so you’re basically getting a Friday Rumblings on Saturdays. Lucky (or unlucky) you! Also, a bunch of this was written Thursday so do with that what you will. If you haven’t ha...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 14, 2023
    Randy Bass of the Denver Bears scores against the Omaha Royals in 1980 - I promise this is relevant | Denver Post via Getty Images How did you spend your first non-day-after-Opening-Day off day? Fridays during the season can be a mixed bag for Rumblings. Thursday’s a fairly common off day so that can often be helpful. Writers for major outlets like The Star will drop that feature story t...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 31, 2023
    Chin up: 161-1 is still in play! | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Royals on pace for 0-162. I prefer to think the Royals still have a shot at 161-1 If you missed the sad news, the Royals lost 2-0 yesterday to open the new season. Pulse check: do the Royals ever see .500 again this season? You can always read the RR recap linked above. Or, how about an “official” one from The Star. Has ...2023

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  • 2024
    "Five-time NPB All-Star Yuki Matsui of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles led the Pacific League in saves three different seasons and slots in as the Padres’ potential closer."

  • 2023
    "After two seasons with the Yankees in 2011 and 2012, Jones went to Japan, playing in more than 130 games in each of his two seasons as a member of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles."

  • 2022
    "The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced the signing of third baseman Maikel Franco for the 2023 season (link via Japan Times)."

  • 2021
    "First baseman Chris Gittens has agreed to a contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, per a team announcement."

  • 2020
    "Left-hander Adam Conley has agreed to a deal with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, according to SportsGrid’s Craig Mish (via Twitter)."

  • 2019
    "The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have announced his signing."

  • 2018
    "Over 11 campaigns with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Iwakuma worked to a 3."

  • 2016
    "Masahiro Tanaka said that he looked up to Hisashi Iwakuma during their five seasons as teammates with Japan's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, with the veteran Iwakuma often advising the younger Tanaka on the strategies of facing hitters."

  • 2015
    "The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have announced a one-year deal with first baseman Gaby Sanchez, according to the Associated Press (via ESPN."

  • 2014
    "Kevin Youkilis Announces Retirement After 10-Year MLB Career "

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  • • Masahiro Tanaka Re-Signs With Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
    The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have re-signed veteran righty Masahiro Tanaka to a one-year deal worth 475 million yen (roughly $3.6MM), according to the Japan Times and several other media outlets.  This will be Tanaka’s third season back in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Golden Eagles, following his stint in MLB with the Yankees from…...2023
  • • Chris Gittens Signs With Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
    First baseman Chris Gittens has agreed to a contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, per a team announcement. Gittens was released by the Yankees at the end of November, just prior to the beginning of the lockout. At that time, it was reported that the Yanks had granted him…...2021
  • • Masahiro Tanaka to remain with NPB's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for 2022 season
    Tanaka's contract had an opt-out clause that would've allowed him to return to the majors...2021
  • • Masahiro Tanaka Declines Opt-Out, Will Pitch For NPB’s Golden Eagles In 2022
    Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka’s two-year contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles contained an opt-out clause this winter, but the team announced that Tanaka will return to the club in 2022 (hat tip to Yahoo Japan).  Tanaka’s comeback season in NPB went well, as he posted a 3.01 ERA with a 20.19% strikeout rate and a…...2021
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  • • Stefen Romero Signs With NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
    Former Mariners outfielder Stefen Romero has signed with the Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced. It’s a one-year contract, per Nate Heisler, Romero’s representative at REP1 Baseball (Twitter link). Romero spent the 2017-19 seasons with the Buffaloes before signing with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles this past winter. In four seasons at...2021
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for July 29, 2023
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  • • Kevin Youkilis Announces Retirement After 10-Year MLB Career
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  • • Kevin Youkilis Announces Retirement After 10-Year MLB Career
    2014
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  • • Celebrating Atlanta Braves legend Andruw Jones
    2023
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  • • Old friends Tanaka, Iwakuma set to meet in the Bronx
    2016
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  • • Regal Eagles: Iwakuma-Tanaka is 'big news'
    2016
  • • Masahiro Tanaka Re-Signs With Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
    2023
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  • • Tanaka relishes beating Iwakuma, playing stopper
    Sure, it was meaningful that Masahiro Tanaka walked away with the victory after going head-to-head with the Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma, whom he admired greatly back when they were teammates with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles....2016
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  • • Tanaka relishes beating Iwakuma, playing stopper
    Sure, it was meaningful that Masahiro Tanaka walked away with the victory after going head-to-head with the Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma, whom he admired greatly back when they were teammates with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles....2016
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  • • Japan’s Rakuten Golden Eagles Sign Gaby Sanchez
    The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have announced a one-year deal with first baseman Gaby Sanchez, according to the Associated Press (via ESPN.com). Sanchez will earn approximately $2.5MM and can achieve more through incentives, per the report. … ...2015

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  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    2024
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  • • Celebrating Atlanta Braves legend Andruw Jones
    2023
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for July 29, 2023
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  • • Report: Jonny Gomes retires from baseball
    A former World Series champion has reportedly decided to retire, as Chris Cotillo of SB Nation is reporting that Jonny Gomes has retired from baseball. Gomes most recently played in Japan for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He finished the 2015 MLB season with the Kansas City Royals. Gomes was not on Kansas City’s playoff roster, but that did not stop him from delivering an epic speech at the te...2016
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  • • AL Notes: Tanaka, Iwakuma, Darvish, Hanley
    Sunday’s showdown between the Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka and the Mariners’ Hisashi Iwakuma will be the first-ever matchup in the majors between two former Japanese league teammates, writes Ryan Hatch of NJ.com. The two ex-Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles were supposed to face one another in 2014, but rain prevented that from happening. Regarding Iwakuma, Tanaka said,…...2016
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  • • Kevin Youkilis Announces Retirement After 10-Year MLB Career
    2014
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