Changes made to protect Koshien baseball players from brutal heat | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis asahi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asahi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Keio may have had to wait for more than a century, but that made the triumph even sweeter on Aug. 23 in dominating Sendai Ikuei to win the National High School Baseball Championship.
In addition to being a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, Yusei Kikuchi is an accomplished karaoke crooner who is proud of his spirited version of the fight song of his former team in Japan, the Seibu Lions.
Ayumu Imaoka hasn’t performed the “pepper-grinder” celebration yet, but he has still done a good job of emulating his idol, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar, at the National High School Baseball Championship tournament.
BASEBALL/ Male students join females in bearing flags on Koshien field | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis asahi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asahi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.