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Oh faces Enatsu in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legendary slugger Sadaharu Oh (at bat) and Yutaka Enatsu of the Hanshin Tigers face off during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Kakefu hits single from Egawa in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers slugger Masayuki Kakefu hits a single from his old nemesis former Yomiuri Giants ace Suguru Egawa during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Matsui hits 2-bagger in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants star slugger Hideki Matsui hits a double in an old-timers' game between the Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Oh, Matsui participate in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legends Sadaharu Oh (L) and Hideki Matsui shake hands at an old-timers' game against the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Matsui plays in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants star slugger Hideki Matsui comes up at bat during an old-timers' game between the Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Rakuten skipper Hoshino bids farewell to fans

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino acknowledges the cheering of the fans at Sendai's Kobo Stadium Miyagi, northeastern Japan, after the final game of the season on Oct. 7, 2014. Hoshino announced in September he would resign at the end of the season.

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Hoshino exchanges starting lineup in final game

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino and Orix Buffaloes manager Hiroshi Moriwaki (front) exchange the starting lineups for their final game of the season at Sendai's Kobo Stadium Miyagi on Oct. 7, 2014, Hoshino's final game as a team manager.

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Akaminai earns monthly MVP

SENDAI, Japan - Infielder Ginji Akaminai of the Rakuten Eagles talks at a press conference at Kobo Stadium Miyagi, northeastern Japan, on Oct.7, 2014, after winning the Pacific League's Player of the Month Award for the first time in September. He batted .459 in September with six home runs.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy at Kobo Stadium Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and her son John Schlossberg are seen smiling after Kennedy threw a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game between Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2014.

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Kennedy throws out 1st pitch

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy throws out a ceremonial first pitch in a baseball game between Rakuten and Orix at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2014.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy with Tohoku kids in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (3rd from L, back row) poses for photos with children invited from six prefectures in northeastern Japan before her ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game between Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai on May 13, 2014.

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Rakuten unveils new logo for baseball team Eagles' ballpark

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. releases in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, a new logo for Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi, the home ballpark of the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles professional baseball club in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka bows to an empty Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles in Sendai, northeastern Japan, after holding a press conference at the stadium on Jan. 23, 2014, on his signing of a seven-year contract with the New York Yankees. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka leaves after holding a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, on his signing of a seven-year contract with the New York Yankees. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Tanaka agrees to 7-year deal with Yankees

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference at Kobo Stadium, the home of the Japan Series champion Eagles, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, after the New York Yankees announced Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the major league club. The deal, reportedly worth $155 million, will be the biggest ever for a posted Japanese player.

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Okoye gets 1st career hit as Eagles rout Tigers

Rakuten Eagles rookie outfielder Luis Okoye hits a single -- his first career hit -- in the seventh inning of a 9-1 win over the Hanshin Tigers in an interleague game at Kobo Stadium Miyagi on May 31, 2016. Okoye also had a base hit in the eighth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani does it all as Fighters wallop Eagles

Combined photo shows Shohei Otani hitting an RBI double (L) and pitching seven innings of one-run ball in the Nippon Ham Fighters' 12-3 win over the Rakuten Eagles at Kobo Stadium Miyagi on May 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani does it all as Fighters wallop Eagles

Slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani picks up his third win of the season after allowing a run in seven innings in a 12-3 win over the Rakuten Eagles at Kobo Stadium Miyagi on May 29, 2016. Otani, batting sixth, went 3-for-5 with an RBI double. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ballpark Ferris wheel starts operation in northeastern Japan

A Ferris wheel installed at Kobo Stadium, the home ground of the Rakuten Eagles baseball team, opens for business in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai on May 3, 2016. The observation wheel is the first installed at a ballpark in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ferris wheel installed at ballpark

Photo taken May 2, 2016, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai shows a Ferris wheel installed at Kobo Stadium, the home ground of the Rakuten Eagles. The observation wheel is the first installed at a ballpark in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ferris wheel installed at ballpark

Photo taken May 2, 2016, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai shows Kobo Stadium, the home ground of the Rakuten Eagles, observed from a gondola on a newly installed Ferris wheel. The observation wheel is the first installed at a ballpark in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ferris wheel installed at ballpark

Photo taken May 2, 2016, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai shows a Ferris wheel installed at Kobo Stadium, the home ground of the Rakuten Eagles. The observation wheel is the first installed at a ballpark in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Norimoto strikes out 12 as Eagles slay Lions

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Takahiro Norimoto allowed two runs and struck out 12 over eight innings in a 4-2 win over the Seibu Lions at Kobo Stadium Miyagi on April 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opening day for Japanese baseball

Rakuten Eagles fans wait outside Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai on March 25, 2016. All 12 Japanese baseball clubs are scheduled to begin the season later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten introduces 3 foreign players

The Rakuten Eagles introduce on Jan. 29, 2016, at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai, three new foreign players -- (from L) first baseman-designated hitter Japhet Amador, pitcher Radhames Liz and pitcher Jake Brigham. Amador won the 2015 Mexican League MVP award. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten rookie Okoye in training

Rakuten Eagles outfielder Louis Okoye takes part in a joint rookie workout at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten rookie Okoye in training

Rakuten Eagles outfielder Louis Okoye takes part in a joint rookie workout at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka shows signs of recovery from elbow injury

Masahiro Tanaka, pitcher for the New York Yankees, plays catch during a training session on Dec. 10, 2015, at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, northern Japan, home to his former team the Rakuten Eagles. Tanaka, who had arthroscopic surgery in October to remove a bone spur in his pitching elbow, said he has rehabilitated smoothly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka shows signs of recovery from elbow injury

Masahiro Tanaka, pitcher for the New York Yankees, plays catch during a training session on Dec. 10, 2015, at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, northern Japan, home to his former team the Rakuten Eagles. Tanaka, who had arthroscopic surgery in October to remove a bone spur in his pitching elbow, said he has rehabilitated smoothly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mejia drives in 8 as Lions storm past Eagles

Ernesto Mejia hits a grand slam in the third inning of the Seibu Lions' 15-3 rout of the Rakuten Eagles at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Japan, on Aug. 31, 2015. Mejia also hit a solo home run in the eighth and went 4-for-5 with eight RBIs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nakamura gets untracked for unbeaten Lions

Takeya Nakamura hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of the Seibu Lions' 6-1 win over the Rakuten Eagles at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on April 2, 2015. He also hit a two-run homer in the fifth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fighters' Hermida returning to U.S. for recovery

Photo taken May 19, 2015 shows Jeremy Hermida hitting a two-run double down the right-field line in the first inning of the Nippon Ham Fighters' 7-4 loss to the Rakuten Eagles at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan. The Fighters said on June 13 that the outfielder will temporarily return to the United States, having broken the base of his left thumb. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oh, Matsui participate in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legends Sadaharu Oh (L) and Hideki Matsui shake hands at an old-timers' game against the Hanshin Tigers at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Oh faces Enatsu in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants legendary slugger Sadaharu Oh (at bat) and Yutaka Enatsu of the Hanshin Tigers face off during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten skipper Hoshino bids farewell to fans

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino acknowledges the cheering of the fans at Sendai's Kobo Stadium Miyagi, northeastern Japan, after the final game of the season on Oct. 7, 2014. Hoshino announced in September he would resign at the end of the season. (Kyodo)

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Akaminai earns monthly MVP

SENDAI, Japan - Infielder Ginji Akaminai of the Rakuten Eagles talks at a press conference at Kobo Stadium Miyagi, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, after winning the Pacific League's Player of the Month Award for the first time in September. He batted .459 in September with six home runs. (Kyodo)

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Shohei Ohtani career highlights

Shohei Ohtani of the Nippon Ham Fighters hits his 22nd home run of the season at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Japan, on Sept. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani career highlights

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher-slugger Shohei Ohtani hits his first career homer in July 2013 at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Flock of birds interrupts play in Eagles-Lions game

A large flock of birds flies by Seibu Lions second baseman Hideto Asamura during a baseball game against the Rakuten Eagles at Kobo Park Miyagi in Sendai on Aug. 30, 2017. The birds did not leave the stadium until its operators turned all the lights off, prolonging a rain delay and leading the game to end after eight innings on account of rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Tanaka eager to play in World Baseball Classic

New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka speaks with the press at Kobo Stadium Miyagi, the home park of his former club the Rakuten Eagles, in Sendai in northeastern Japan on Nov. 30, 2016. Tanaka expressed his willingness to play in March's World Baseball Classic as a member of Samurai Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo