After meeting with NPB, Rob Manfred not expecting change to Japanese player acquisitions
Manfred met with his NPB counterpart Sadayuki Sakakibara on Sunday, the second of two days of games between MLB teams and NPB teams.
Baseball: NPB players found gambling online to be fined
Nippon Professional Baseball's 12 clubs have decided to impose fines on players found gambling online, which is illegal in ...
The Japan Times3d
NPB teams to fine 16 players for using online casinos
A total of 16 players from eight teams, including Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka, will be fined by their respective ...
MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...
The Associated Press on MSN11d
What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
“We believe that this has maintained the appeal of the league as a whole even after star players have moved to MLB,” NPB said ...
Nippon3d
NPB Teams Fine 16 Players for Using Online Casinos
Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, said Monday that a total of 16 players of eight teams, including Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka ...
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14 NPB players admit to trying their luck in illegal gambling
An additional 14 players across seven teams have admitted to wagering at illegal online casinos, the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) announced on Feb. 27. The revelation comes a ...
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NPB states 14 additional baseball players and staff involved in online gambling scandal
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