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KANDOK: Eri Yoshida records first victory in Japan

Gen — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:06:08 +0000

Eri Yoshida made her first start of the season against the Kishu Rangers today. Yoshida gave up one run on six hits over five innings of work and became the first female pitcher in Kansai Independent League history to record a victory.

Final line: 5 IP, 70 NP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 R.

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Island League: Motoki Asato tosses a no-hitter for the Tokushima Indigo Socks

Gen — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:55:54 +0000

Twenty-three-year-old Motoki Asato tossed a no-hitter against the Kochi Fighting Dogs at JA Bank Tokushima Stadium earlier today. Asato faced twenty-eight batters, threw a total 124 pitches, struck out ten, and walked one.

Island League official announcement

Tokushima Indigo Socks blog post

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Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kochi Fighting Dogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Tokushima Indigo Socks	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	5	5	0

Kansai Independent League: 06Bulls unveil 2012 uniforms

Gen — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:40:42 +0000

The Kansai Independent League 06Bulls held a rally in Osaka today and unveiled their uniforms for the 2012 season. The designer of the uniforms: Kazuyasu Suzuki (Ichiro Suzuki's brother).

BC League: Three Fukui players suspended for corporal punishment

Gen — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:22:25 +0000

Three members of the Fukui Miracle Elephants (BC League) have been suspended for using corporal punishment on a nineteen year-old teammate. One player, a twenty-six year-old pitcher, has been suspended for six months, the other two, three months each.

According to the team, the twenty-six year-old pitcher called the nineteen year-old pitcher into his hotel room during training camp in Oi, Fukui in March 2011 to punish him for poor conduct during practices. It was at that time that the twenty-six year-old pitcher made the 19-year-old pitcher put a bat in between his knees and then sit on the floor seiza style. The other two players were present, but did nothing to stop the twenty-six year old pitcher.

In October 2011, the nineteen year-old's father contacted the team to inform them of what happened. The three players were suspended, effective December 1 (no games, no team practices). The nineteen year-old player left the team in November and filed a report with the Obama Police Department in February this year.

FWIW: the Miracle Elephants posted a notice on November 7, 2011 that nineteen year-old Shota Sugaya was leaving the team.

KANDOK: 2012 First Half Schedule Released

Gen — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:14:03 +0000

The Kansai Independent League (KANDOK) released the schedule for the first half of their 2012 season.

The following five teams will play seventy-seven games between March 24 and July 1.

Island League: Junichi Kawahara signs with the Ehime Marndarin Pirates

Gen — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:54:48 +0000

The Ehime Marndarin Pirates announced today that they agreed to terms with former Chunichi Dragon Junichi Kawahara (39).

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Career Stats

Year	Tm	G	W	L	Sv	CG	ShO	BF	IP	H	HR	BB	HBP	SO	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA	WHIP
1995	YOM	19	8	6	0	4	3	452	106.0	96	6	50	1	94	6	0	43	39	3.31	1.38
1996	YOM	9	0	4	0	1	0	216	50.0	53	6	19	2	45	1	0	25	25	4.50	1.44
1997	YOM	25	2	1	1	0	0	197	45.0	37	1	25	2	35	7	0	14	13	2.60	1.38
1999	YOM	8	2	2	0	0	0	129	29.2	36	6	5	1	25	1	0	17	16	4.85	1.38
2000	YOM	7	4	0	0	3	3	166	44.1	29	4	9	1	30	1	0	7	7	1.42	0.86
2001	YOM	21	4	4	2	0	0	334	72.2	91	19	28	4	39	0	0	52	48	5.94	1.64
2002	YOM	49	5	3	28	0	0	196	50.0	44	8	6	0	61	1	0	16	15	2.70	1.00
2003	YOM	23	0	3	7	0	0	113	22.0	37	4	7	2	23	2	0	26	23	9.41	2.00
2004	YOM	13	0	1	2	0	0	68	15.1	20	5	5	0	10	0	0	11	11	6.46	1.63
2005	SEI	20	2	11	0	0	0	428	97.0	106	15	34	5	54	4	0	66	58	5.38	1.44
2007	SEI	3	0	2	0	0	0	50	10.1	16	4	5	1	5	0	0	14	14	12.19	2.03
2009	CHU	44	3	0	0	0	0	136	34.0	24	2	10	2	18	0	0	7	7	1.85	1.00
2010	CHU	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	3.2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	4.91	1.36
2011	CHU	30	1	4	0	0	0	87	20.1	19	1	8	0	12	0	0	8	6	2.66	1.33
Totals		275	31	42	40	8	6	2588	600.1	613	81	211	21	452	23	0	308	284	4.26	1.37

Island League: Tasuku Hashimoto signs with the Ehime Mandarin Pirates

Gen — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:03:03 +0000

The Ehime Mandarin Pirates announced today that they signed Tasuku Hashimoto (35) to a contract.

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Career Stats

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	SH	SF	BB	HBP	SO	GIDP	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS
1995	LOT	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1997	LOT	29	69	59	3	7	2	0	0	9	4	0	0	2	1	6	1	15	0	.119	.153	.209	.365
2000	LOT	77	222	196	17	42	12	0	2	60	26	0	0	1	2	21	2	55	1	.214	.306	.294	.603
2001	LOT	47	111	95	12	26	8	1	3	45	12	0	0	3	0	12	1	20	2	.274	.474	.361	.835
2002	LOT	29	41	34	3	6	1	0	1	10	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	11	0	.176	.294	.317	.611
2003	LOT	41	93	78	4	15	2	1	1	22	8	0	1	1	2	12	0	25	0	.192	.282	.293	.582
2004	LOT	93	315	281	39	62	13	1	13	116	38	0	2	6	3	24	1	54	5	.221	.413	.282	.697
2005	LOT	72	255	202	36	52	13	0	7	86	31	1	1	1	3	48	1	46	2	.257	.426	.398	.828
2006	LOT	44	115	103	6	15	1	1	2	24	8	0	1	1	0	10	1	33	0	.146	.233	.228	.461
2007	LOT	63	141	118	15	25	4	1	0	31	4	0	1	0	2	21	0	38	1	.212	.263	.326	.594
2008	LOT	93	329	280	34	87	28	1	11	150	55	1	0	2	2	45	0	58	4	.311	.536	.404	.942
2009	LOT	94	288	252	19	59	14	0	2	79	27	0	0	1	2	32	1	80	3	.234	.313	.321	.636
2010	YOK	43	148	134	13	33	3	1	2	44	13	0	0	0	0	13	1	40	3	.246	.328	.318	.646
Totals		727	2129	1834	201	429	101	7	44	676	229	2	6	18	17	251	9	476	21	.234	.369	.326	.698

Former Hanshin Tigers Kodai Sakurai close to a deal with Kagawa Olive Guyners

Gen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:18:47 +0000

Dailiy Sports is reporting that former Hanshin Tiger Kodai Sakurai (28) may be close to signing a deal with the Kagawa Olive Guyners (Shikoku Island League plus).

Kodai attended NPB tryouts last year but did not receive any offers. Not wanting to give up on his career (or his wish to play in the NPB again), he turned to Kagawa manager Shinji Nishida for assistance (the two are PL Gakuen graduates).

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2011 Season

Level	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	SH	SF	BB	IBB	HP	SO	GDP	AVG	SLG	OBP
Ni-gun	62	162	138	11	28	6	0	4	46	11	2	1	0	0	22	0	2	35	4	.203	.333	.321

KANDOK: Eri Yoshida will pitch out of the bullpen

Gen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:47 +0000

The Hyogo Blue Sandars held a press conference for Eri Yoshida today (Ustream).

During the press conference, manager Yutaka Ikeuchi was asked about how he planned to use Yoshida and said he planned to ease her in by having her pitch out of the bullpen and slowly work her way up to starting.

Yasuo Hirota joins Kochi Fighting Dogs staff as advisor/general coach

Gen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:49:25 +0000

The Kochi Fighting Dogs announced today that they hired Yasuo Hirota (62) to be a team advisor/general coach.

Hirota spent a number of years coaching in the Hanshin, Yokohama, and Yomiuri organizations after his retirement in 1988. He was also the outfield/base-running coach for the 2006 WBC team.