Akinori Iwamura News

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles wanted to win this game. They wanted to win for themselves, but mostly they wanted to win in order to give their fans in Tohoku a little something to feel good about.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma, who was aiming to move to the major leagues via the posting system, has decided to return to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles without waiting until Tuesday's deadline to make up his mind, baseball sources said Sunday.

After a shockingly bad fourth season in the U.S., Akinori Iwamura said he wanted to stick around and try to rebound.

The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series in Major League Baseball this season.

This is a tough time of year for the blog. There's very little baseball for us, obviously, and no one really saying much, which makes things tricky.