NPB Tracker

My name is Patrick and I started this blog to provide another English source of information about Japanese professional baseball. I’ve been following Japanese baseball since the mid-90’s, and very closely since 2000. I lived in Japan for about two and a half years and visit every year or two. I read about Japanese baseball online every day and pick up Japanese sports magazines every time I happen to be in Books Kinokuniya.

Too many of the media reports we get in North America are filled with biased, incomplete, or inaccurate information. I’m hoping to provide a more accurate source of information for English speaking fans with an interest in Japanese baseball. I also want to share my knowledge and interest in the Japanese game, and hopefully convert a few fans to NPB. NPB has a reputation of being of lower quality than the Major Leagues, but it’s a competitive league with great fans, rivalries, and some great players too.

My main area of interest is exchange between Japanese and American baseball, and I’ll be writing about top Japanese players, rivalries, games, rumors and other news. I’ll try to update this 3-5 times a week. We’ll start off basic and add features and content as we go. I can be reached on npbtracker@gmail.com.

This site is not affiliated in any way with Nippon Pro Baseball, Major League Baseball, Korean Baseball Organization, or any of the franchises. Comments on this site are moderated, and I reserve the right to remove anything that is offensive, hurtful, or obscene.

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