While Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato will have to wait for the results of the Central League MVP voting, his status as the home run and RBI champion was set in stone along with the other title winners in NPB. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/npb-title-winners-hanshin-sato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #japanesebaseball #teruakisato #munetakamurakami #shingotakatsu #masatoyoshii #daisukemiura

This season, five of the 12 managers in Nippon Professional Baseball spent at least part of their playing careers with the Mets. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/05/26/baseball/japanese-baseball/japanese-managers-mets-experience/?utm_content=bufferba888&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #japanesebaseball #tsuyoshishinjo #kazuomatsui #newyorkmets #masatoyoshii #shingotakatsu #kazuhisaishii