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Japan has a WBC hangover.(BASEBALL)
First came Japan's World Baseball Classic championship, and it was quite the pick-me-up for a country still healing from a humiliating performance at the Winter Olympics. Then came the WBC aftereffects, and they've lingered for weeks in Japan--just as they have in the majors.
On the day after Japan beat Cuba in the WBC championship game, the Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki and the Rangers' Akinori Otsuka returned to spring training, where they had nearly two weeks to get ready for opening day. Their WBC teammates hurried home to open the Japan League season just four days later.
Bobby Valentine's Chiba Lotte Marines, the 2005 Japan League champions, were hit hardest by the WBC hangover. Eight players on Valentine's 30-man roster played in the WBC. Two of the club's best hitters, Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Toshiaki Imae, got off to poor starts. Submariner Shunsuke Watanabe, who posted a 1.98 ERA in 13 2/3 innings at the WBC, is struggling to get ...
- Final Standings at Japan League Soccer
- Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire November 9, 1996 700+ words
Following are the final standings in Japan League soccer for the 1996 season(Tabulated under are teams, games won, lost, goals for, against and points): Kashima Antlers...
- First-Ever All Japanese Baseball Team to Play in United States; Japan Samurai...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 12, 2005 700+ words
WHAT: The Samurai Bears will be the first all Japanese team to participate as a regular member of a U.S. professional sports league. The Samurai Bears, led by Japanese League baseball great, Warren Cromartie, will play a total of 90 games this season against teams located throughout California and
- WBC estimate from smear.(Answering your questions)(white blood cell )
- Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer Baer, Daniel M. February 1, 2007 700+ words
...determine an estimated of the white blood cell (WBC) count in whole blood from the peripheral...automated hematology analyzers. Automated WBC counts are prone to interferences from conditions...Various formulas exist for estimating the WBC count from a peripheral blood smear. Given...
- WBC heeds Tyson suit, nixes Rahman-Lewis.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Loverro, Thom May 11, 2001 700+ words
...response to a lawsuit filed last week by Tyson, the WBC said a rematch between Rahman and Lewis would violate...such a rematch. "Under no circumstances will the WBC sanction a bout between WBC world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman and Lennox...
- DO PITCHERS HAVE WBC HANGOVER?\ MANY WHO PLAYED ARE STRUGGLING OR...
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) May 9, 2006 700+ words
...the majors continue to deal with an acute WBC hangover. More than a month into the regular...number of pitchers who participated in the WBC are struggling, injured, or both. And...evidence suggests some link between the WBC and those problems. Through Thursday...
- WBC ORDERS WHITAKER TO FIGHT RIVERA AGAIN.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Carlson, Steve May 7, 1996 700+ words
...received a one-page fax Friday notifying them the WBC's Board of Governors had mandated a rematch. WBC president Jose Sulaiman said Monday Whitaker's must fight Rivera next to remain the WBC champ. However, Rivera could approve of another...
- WBC OFFICIAL SAYS DOUGLAS IS CHAMPION.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 13, 1990 700+ words
...said Monday that the presidents of both the WBC and World Boxing Association were told between...said he would resist any efforts by the WBC executive committee, of which he is a member...20. Another committee member and the WBC's international secretary, Duane Ford...
- WBC advancing opportunities for MWBEs in construction.(Industry Organizations)
- Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly Wilkin, Sandra June 4, 2008 700+ words
...Established in 2004, The Women Builders Council (WBC) was formed to create a new agenda for...opportunities, among other major initiatives. WBC is dedicated to helping women and minorities...among a host of others. Because as much as WBC is an advocate for women and minorities...
