Home Run Hero Despaigne Returns to SoftBank fukuoka-now.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fukuoka-now.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This year’s Japanese national baseball team was hailed as the strongest the country had ever fielded, and when the dust cleared at the World Baseball Classic, it was Samurai Japan at the pinnacle of the global tournament. A look at how manager Kuriyama Hideki got away from the small-ball mindset to take Japan to the WBC top.