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How Five Former Mets Players Ended Up Managing in Japan

The New York Times – Sports:

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have M.L.B. experience. All of them played for the Mets.

The New York Times – Sports:

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball played in the U.S. All of them spent time in Queens.

The New York Times – Sports:

The Mets won their fifth straight series. Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki, meanwhile, saw his streak of perfection come to an end.

The New York Times – Sports:

The Japanese phenom is expected to start Sunday, with a streak of 52 consecutive retired batters on the line.

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Roki Sasaki, 20, pitched the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball in 28 years. But don’t expect to see him in M.L.B. anytime soon.