Undergoing Renovation

It will be interesting to see how the situation plays out with Rakuten Eagles star Masahiro Tanaka and his move to the majors via the posting system.

The EDA Rhinos fell short against their foes in the second contest at the Asia Series yesterday afternoon, dropping a 2-0 decision to the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League to remain winless at 0-2.

Major League Baseball sent all teams a letter this week instructing them to avoid talking to clubs and players in Japan until a new posting agreement is finalized.

According to Daily Sports, the Hanshin Tigers are closing in on deals with Randy Messenger and Matt Murton. A team official is expected to fly out to the US to meet each of the players some time between late November and early December.

Held to three scanty singles against stingy Japanese pitching, Taiwan proved no match for their neighbors from the north in a 1-0 shutout loss in the final game of the Japan Taiwan Baseball Challenge at the Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium in Tianmu.

Team director Ryuzo Setoyama spoke to reporters today about negotiations and said that they tried their best to resign the slugger, but had to give up because they could not give Lee the kind of contract he was looking for.

A young Samurai Japan squad defeated Taiwan 1-0 on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of their series in Taipei as Hiroki Kokubo made his managing debut.

The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association (JPBPA) has reportedly accepted the new posting agreement, limited to a period of two years.

The Space 11 Darvish Museum in Kobe opened today at 11:11am. About 100 items are on display, including a number of life-size figures and a batting game where you can face a digitized Yu Darvish.