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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

The Rise of Japanese Baseball Power fills in history from a different timeline

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  === Accomplished baseball writer Robert Obojski went off the beaten path when covering stories about Japanese baseball in the 1970s and fo...
Monday, February 14, 2022

Oakland A's / Seibu Lions Series: Zach Neal

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  === For the 2019 season, the Saitama Seibu Lions signed only one new foreign import in the offseason coming of their first pennant since 2...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Oakland A's / Seibu Lions Series: Brian Schlitter

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  In 2019, the first reverse journey of being with the Saitama Seibu Lions first, Oakland Athletics second became official when Brian Schlit...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

O'Grady speaks on career, versatility leading up to Japan on podcast

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=== Seibu Lions OF Brian O'Grady was a guest on the Not For Long Media podcast in December. Hosts Justin Ayers and NFL player Colin Tho...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Three years later: Progress report on the 2018 Seibu Lions draft class

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  === The 2018 Saitama Seibu Lions draft class is three years in. With plenty of hype around high school projects, the Lions went with the t...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Report: Lions add Burch Smith, announce stadium name change

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 The Saitama Seibu Lions announced on Tuesday that they added RHP Burch Smith. He will wear No. 54, last worn by Zach Neal.  Smith, who wil...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Four years later: Grading the 2017 Seibu Lions draft class

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  === Coming off their first A-class season in four years, the Saitama Seibu Lions entered the draft with different expectations this time a...