A career .275 hitter, Yomiuri Giants first baseman Kazuma Okamoto is off to a great start in the 2025 NPB season. Through games of Friday, April 11, Okamoto is No 1 in the Central League with a .432 batting average. In 12 games, he's 19-for-44 with three homers, a triple and five doubles. Okamoto has driven in 10 runs. He also has an eye-grabbing .795 slugging percentage. The six-time Central League All-Star, who has played for the Yomiuri Giants since 2015, is one of three Giants among the top four at this early stage of the season. Takuya Kai (©SANKEI)
@DaveG924 There appears to be some sort of magic switch. One says, "I don't want to make this political" and a political act is somehow forgiven?
Let the owners go. Let the MAGA people go. But preserve some self-respect yourself.
Dave Roberts, manager of the 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, receives the Special Honor Award from Naha city, Dec. 5, 2024. (Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes) NAHA, Okinawa — Dave Roberts, the son of a U.S. Marine father and Japanese mother, was recognized at his birthplace Thursday for his part in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series victory. Roberts, the Dodgers’ manager, skippered the team to its eighth World Series title and his second as team manager in October. The Dodgers took the title in five games over the New York Yankees. “Winning the World Series for the Los