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BayStars manager Mori quits

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars manager speaks at a news conference on his resignation Sept. 26. His team has been pinned at the bottom of the Central League for the entire season. Mori was named Yokohama manager in 2001 on a three-year contract after steering the Seibu Lions to eight league pennants and six Japan Series titles in nine seasons between 1986 and 1994.

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Yomiuri's Matsui to mull majors after 2002 season

NEAGARI, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hideki Matsui, winner of the 2001 Central League batting title, shakes hands with a junior baseball player on Jan. 5 at a town cultural hall in Neagari, Ishikawa Prefecture. Speaking at an annual event held in his hometown, Matsui said he will consider a career in the U.S. major leagues once the 2002 season is finished. Matsui recently signed a one-year contract worth 610 million yen with the Giants, making him the best-paid player in Japanese baseball history.

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(3)Nomura set to quit as Hanshin manager

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura gets into his car outside his residence at Tokyo's Tamagawa-Denenchofu on Dec. 5, 2001 en route to Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, for talks with officials of the Central League club about his immediate future. He was seen set to resign after his wife Sachiyo was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of tax evasion.

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Petagine receives MVP honor in CL

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult slugger Roberto Petagine speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 27 after he was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the 2001 Japan professional baseball session in the Central League. Petagine took the CL home run title with 39 and led the league with 127 RBIs while helping the Swallows win the CL pennant and Japan Series title.

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(3)Nomura set to quit as Hanshin manager

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura gets into his car outside his residence at Tokyo's Tamagawa-Denenchofu on Dec. 5, 2001 en route to Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, for talks with officials of the Central League club about his immediate future. He was seen set to resign after his wife Sachiyo was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of tax evasion.

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Yomiuri's Matsui to mull majors after 2002 season

NEAGARI, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hideki Matsui, winner of the 2001 Central League batting title, shakes hands with a junior baseball player on Jan. 5 at a town cultural hall in Neagari, Ishikawa Prefecture. Speaking at an annual event held in his hometown, Matsui said he will consider a career in the U.S. major leagues once the 2002 season is finished. Matsui recently signed a one-year contract worth 610 million yen with the Giants, making him the best-paid player in Japanese baseball history.

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BayStars manager Mori quits

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars manager speaks at a news conference on his resignation Sept. 26. His team has been pinned at the bottom of the Central League for the entire season. Mori was named Yokohama manager in 2001 on a three-year contract after steering the Seibu Lions to eight league pennants and six Japan Series titles in nine seasons between 1986 and 1994. (Kyodo)

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Petagine receives MVP honor in CL

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult slugger Roberto Petagine speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 27 after he was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the 2001 Japan professional baseball session in the Central League. Petagine took the CL home run title with 39 and led the league with 127 RBIs while helping the Swallows win the CL pennant and Japan Series title.