19/11/2019
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Premier12 2019: better pitching, closer games, more emotions
The pitching level in 2019 was significantly better than in 2015, marking also an increment in the level of play.
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![Samurai Japan, the history of a success](https://static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/29774105-e734-3a55-5513-12a9d117076a.jpg)
19/11/2019
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Samurai Japan, the history of a success
The II Premier12 2019 was another major accomplishment for the Japanese Baseball National Team or Samurai Japan
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![WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito agree: "More international baseball"](https://static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/c227045d-ec80-f455-f071-939d622d120d.jpg)
18/11/2019
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WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito agree: "More international baseball"
The Premier12 formula allows to acknowledge the whole of a baseball programme. Everybody will remember the excitment of the Tokyo Dome crowds
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![Seiya Suzuki tops Premier12 2019 individual stats](https://static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/586d47c4-8a2f-5fef-1e50-371a41b203be.jpg)
18/11/2019
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Seiya Suzuki tops Premier12 2019 individual stats
The Samurai Japan right fielder earned five individual titles: batting average, runs batted in, runs scored, slugging and on-base
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![Kim Kyungmoon: “We must keep working to compete and win the Olympic Games”](https://static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/e6ce1508-77c7-5351-dbaa-2a8fdb1e18e7.jpg)
17/11/2019
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Kim Kyungmoon: “We must keep working to compete and win the Olympic Games”
“Nobody is happy finishing second place in an important tournament like this”
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![Atsunori Inaba: “Winning the Premier12 and the Olympics has been our goal the last two years”](https://static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/7835e785-fc4c-c784-233e-baa1911dd761.jpg)
17/11/2019
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Atsunori Inaba: “Winning the Premier12 and the Olympics has been our goal the last two years”
Tonight Inaba won his first title as the Samurai Japan skipper
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![Japan's Seiya Suzuki leads amazing All World Team](https://static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/8ae34a36-e87d-dd2a-c070-05fc2f95d7bd.jpg)
17/11/2019
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Japan's Seiya Suzuki leads amazing All World Team
Japan's Seiya Suzuki was named the MVP and was picked as the right fielder for the WBSC All-World Team
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17/11/2019
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Japan beat Korea, climb on top of the world
Tetsuto Yamada put Japan ahead in the bottom of the second with a three-run home run. Six pitchers limited Korea to three hits over the course of eight innings. Japan's Seiya Suzuki named the tournament MVP
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17/11/2019
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Mexico heads to the Olympics, makes history
"Baseball in our Country has accomplished a lot, but nothing of the sort," commented Federation President Enrique Mayorga. "This is really historic."
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17/11/2019
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Efren Navarro: “This is historic for Mexico”
Clark hit a clutch home run in the ninth inning to tie the game, while Navarro hit the game-winning RBI single in the tenth to send Mexico to the Olympics
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