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Seattle Mariners’ unlikely palace coup

May 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rob Nishihara Northwest Asian Weekly The best pitcher in Seattle doesn’t wear a crown. He doesn’t have a regal nickname or inspire a loyal horde to wear yellow T-shirts and shake “K” cards whenever he’s on the mound. In fact, there’s little about Hisashi Iwakuma to indicate Major League star quality, except the box […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, American League Cy Young Award, Daisuke Matsuzaka, ERA, Fernando Rodney, Given Iwakuma, Hisashi Iwakuma, King Felix, MVP, Major League, Randy Johnson, Sawamura Award Japan, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6, WBC, White Sox, Yu Darvish

Japanese fans celebrate Matsui’s MVP performance

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan nearly came to a standstill as millions watched Hideki Matsui, the man they know as Godzilla, ead the Yankees to the World Series title.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2009, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hideki Matsui, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Ichiro Suzuki, Japan Series, MVP, Masanori Murakami, New York, Sadaharu Oh, San Francisco Giants, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, WBC, World Baseball Classic, World Series, Yomiuri Giants

Hasegawa retains WBC bantamweight title by TKO win

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KOBE, Japan (AP) — World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa of Japan defended his title for the ninth time Tuesday, July 14, by beating Nestor Rocha of the United States with a technical knockout in the first round.

Filed Under: News, Sports Tagged With: KOBE, TKO, United States, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, WBC, japan

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