Joe Wieland of the DeNA BayStars pitches against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 25, 2017. Wieland...
Hiroshima Carp manager Koichi Ogata is tossed into the air by players of his team after the Carp clinch their second straight Central League...
Hiroshima Carp manager Koichi Ogata is tossed into the air by players of his team after the Carp clinch their second straight Central League...
Hiroshima Carp manager Koichi Ogata is tossed into the air by players of his team after the Carp clinch their second straight Central League...
Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers acknowledges the crowd after picking up his 2,000th career hit in the second inning against the DeNA BayStars...鳥谷敬
Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers receives flowers from Hiroyasu Tanaka of the DeNA BayStars after picking up his 2,000th career hit in the...
Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers hits an RBI double in the second inning against the DeNA BayStars at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on...鳥谷敬, 棒球 - 團體運動
Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers hits an RBI double in the second inning against the DeNA BayStars at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on...鳥谷敬
Taiki Ono of the Hanshin Tigers poses after the rookie pitcher picked up his first win at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2017....
Taiki Ono of the Hanshin Tigers pitches in a game against the Yakult Swallows at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2017. The rookie...
Members of Hanasaki Tokuharu celebrate after beating Koryo 14-4 in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in...日本, 高中棒球
Koryo catcher Shosei Nakamura hits a solo home run in the fifth inning of the team's 12-9 semifinal victory over Tenri at the national high school...
Koryo catcher Shosei Nakamura hits a solo home run in the fifth inning of the team's 12-9 semifinal victory over Tenri at the national high school...
Ernesto Mejia hits a two-run home run -- his 10th home run of the season -- in the fourth inning of the Seibu Lions' 3-2, 10-inning loss to the...
Hanshin Tigers' Fumihito Haraguchi is doused with water by his teammates on June 15 after hitting the game-ending single in the 10th inning of an...
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches in the Yomiuri Giants' 1-0 win over the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on May 23, 2017. Sugano went...
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches in the Yomiuri Giants' 1-0 win over the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on May 23, 2017. Sugano went...
Hanshin Tigers catcher Ryutaro Umeno is welcomed back to the dugout by teammates after crossing the plate in the seventh inning of a Central League...
Akitake Okada of the Hiroshima Carp pitches against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on April 15, 2017. Okada threw his...
Seiya Suzuki celebrates with fellow Hiroshima Carp outfielders after a 7-1 win over the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on...鈴木誠也
Seller dispenses "Shiboritate Nama Genshu" at Koshien Stadium on April 5, 2017 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Beer has long been a mainstay of...
Seller dispenses "Shiboritate Nama Genshu" at Koshien Stadium on April 5, 2017 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Beer has long been a mainstay of...
Players of Osaka Toin High School celebrate after scoring five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim the school's second national high...
Players of Osaka Toin High School celebrate after scoring five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim the school's second national high...
Players of Osaka Toin High School celebrate after scoring five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim the school's second national high...
Highly touted Waseda Jitsugyo high school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya and his teammates line up before starting fielding practice at Koshien Stadium in...
Yuma Fukumoto of Chiben Gakuen hits a RBI double in the 1st inning during the 88th Ntional High School Baseball Invitational Tournament first round...
Sakushin Gakuin players celebrate winning the 98th National High School Baseball Championship final against Hokkai at Hanshin Koshien Stadium on...
Japan - American Matt Murton of the Hanshin Tigers singles in the fourth inning against the DeNA BayStars at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture, his...阪神虎隊
Japan - Shintaro Fujinami and Tsuyoshi Nishioka of the Hanshin Tigers pose in green uniforms designed to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the...
Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku pitches in a game against Koryo High School at the national high school baseball invitational...
Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku pitches in a game against Koryo High School at the national high school baseball invitational...
Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku throws against Urawagakuin High School in the final of the national high school baseball...
Prince Mikasa watches a baseball game at Koshien Stadium on July 9, 1949 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.
Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto speaks during a ceremony marking his retirement at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo...
Japan - Photo using a fisheye lens shows lightening flashing over Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, on Aug. 18,...
Japan - Lightning flashes over Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, on Aug. 18, 2012. A national high school baseball...
Japan - Tohoku High School right-hander Yu Darvish pitches a no-hitter in the Miyagi Prefecture school's 2-0 victory over Kumamoto Kogyo at the...
Japan - Tohoku High School right-hander Yu Darvish smiles during a game against Osaka Toin at the national high school baseball invitational...有·達比修
Japan - Tohoku High School starter Yu Darvish pitches hard against Chikuyo Gakuen at the national high school baseball invitational tournament at...
Players on the Hanasaki Tokuharu High School baseball team and spectators observe a moment of silence ahead of a second-round game against Shonan...
Players of the Nagasaki Commercial High School baseball team observe a moment of silence during its first-round game of the national championship at...日本, 高中棒球
Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Mayumi heads to exchange rosters before a game with the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture...
Japan - Fans raise a banner to cheer on the marching baseball players of Tohoku High School from quake-hit Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan,...
Nishinomiya, Japan - Members of the Tohoku High School baseball club, hailing from quake-hit Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, march during the...
Chiba Lotte Marines closer Masahide Kobayashi celebrates their 3-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers in Game four in the Japan Series at Koshien Stadium in...
Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine and former New York Mets manager with players celebrate their 3-2 victory over the Hanshin Tigers in Game...
Chiba Lotte Marines' Lee Seung Yeop from South Korea hits a two-run homer in the second inning of Game Four in the Japan Series at Koshien Stadium in...
Japan's professional baseball team Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada is tossed in the air by players to celebrate their victory of the Central...
Japan's professional baseball team Hanshin Tigers pitcher Jeff Williams of Australia hurls the ball on the way to winning the Central League...
Japan's professional baseball team Hanshin Tigers players celebrate their victory of the Central League championship at the Koshien baseball stadium...
Japan - Hirotsugu Sato, captain of Tokaidai Sagami in Kanagawa Prefecture, carries the champion flag at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April...高中棒球, 神奈川縣
Fumihito Haraguchi hits a two-run home run in the eighth inning of the Hanshin Tigers' 2-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes in interleague play at Koshien...
Hanshin Tigers catcher Fumihito Haraguchi tags out Seiji Kobayashi of the Yomiuri Giants at home plate in the third inning of their game at Koshien...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi applauds after throwing the memorial first pitch during the opening ceremony of the Japanese High School...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi throws the memorial first pitch during the opening ceremony of the Japanese High School Baseball...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves to fans on arrival to attend the opening ceremony of the Japanese High School Baseball Championship...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses during the opening ceremony of the Japanese High School Baseball Championship at the Hanshin...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves to fans on arrival to attend the opening ceremony of the Japanese High School Baseball Championship...
This picture taken on June 2, 2015 shows South Korean pitcher Oh Seung-Hwan of Japan's Hanshin Tigers during a baseball match in the Nippon...阪神虎隊
