37 Results for hideki matsui

Old men on a mission in WS Game 6

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

The eyes of the baseball world will be focused on two of the game's grand old men -- Pedro Martinez and Andy Pettitte -- in Game 6 of the World Series on Wednesday night.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Welcome to Steinbrenner High School

Jim Caple, Page 2

A Florida high school was recently named after George Steinbrenner. Can you imagine what that school's like?

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Pitching Japan, where baseball and blossoms beckon

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

Nippon Professional Baseball parallels the MLB season, providing fans ample opportunities to blow horns, bang Thunderstix and sing in each team's organized rooting sections.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2008

E-ticket: Dice-K 2.0

Jim Caple, Video produced by Nik Kleinberg/ESPN.com

Your team might spend $75 million just to talk to him. Is 21-year-old Japanese phenom Yu Darvish worth it?

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2008

A new destination for Red Sox Nation

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

Wakkanai, a small fishing town in northern Japan, is famous for two things: its fabulous kelp-drying yards and the Daisuke Matsuzaka museum.

Story | Conversation | March 23, 2008

The bright side of baseball

Jim Caple, Page 2

Sick of all the steroids talk? There are so many better stories to be told, like San Diego's Josh Barfield, writes Jim Caple.

Story | Conversation | April 05, 2006

Japanese hero showing more emotion

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

Ichiro has taught us a lot about Japanese baseball in the past five years and also learned a lot himself.

Story | Conversation | March 19, 2006

Angels master the game of 'small ball'

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

The Angels played a Turn Back The Clock approach in Game 2, and it worked wonderfully for them.

Story | Conversation | October 05, 2005

A hit in two countries

Jim Caple, Page 2

When it comes time to consider Ichiro for the Hall of Fame, Jim Caple asks if we should consider what he achieved in Japan as well.

Story | Conversation | June 15, 2005

The real story on the Randy trade

Jim Caple, Page 2

How did the Randy Johnson trade get done -- and then undone? Here's the inside scoop you haven't heard before.

Story | Conversation | December 22, 2004

Yankees on brink of greatest collapse

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

If the Yankees lose Game 7, it will culminate the greatest collapse in postseason baseball history.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2004

Sox ignore script, win in stunning fashion

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

This isn't the way the script is supposed to go. The Red Sox never, never, never wins games like Game 4.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2004

Bombs away in Boston

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

The Yankees had 12 hits, 13 runs, 12 RBIs, four home runs and five doubles in Game 3 -- and that was just from the No. 2-4 hitters in the lineup.

Story | Conversation | October 16, 2004

Game 1 key: Dress right

Jim Caple, Page 2

Jim Caple looks inside Don Zimmer's brain and just to the left of the metal plate to preview the ALCS.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2004

What else is new? Yanks win again

Jim Caple, ESPN.com

After cruising to a victory in Game 3, the Yankees are seemingly set to win another playoff series, writes Jim Caple.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2004