Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai, left, and Fighters skipper Trey Hillman have guided their respective teams to the Japan Series for the second straight season. Game 1 is slated for Saturday night ...

There was no secret that Hiromitsu Ochiai's days as the Chunichi Dragons manager were numbered. The team had, after all, announced in September it would not renew his contract after the season.

Hiromitsu Ochiai signed a contract worth an estimated $812,500 Friday, becoming the highest-paid player in Japanese baseball history, Tokyo news reports... Football Almanac Today is Saturday, Dec ...

Three players were inducted into Japan’s baseball hall of fame. One player who didn’t make it: Chunichi manager Hiromitsu Ochiai, a three-time batting Triple Crown winner, missed by one vote for the ...

In considering Ochiai, the Buffaloes — or another Japanese team that might be looking for a new man to run the team, for that matter — will have to weigh his proven success as a manager ...

TOKYO — Soon after Hiromitsu Ochiai took the unprecedented step for a Japanese baseball player of taking his team to salary arbitration before this season opened, he stated he would win the ...

Hiromitsu Ochiai, manager of the Chunichi Dragons, receives a "doage" after leading the Japan Series champions past the SK Wyverns at Tokyo Dome on Sunday to win the Asia Series.

Just about the only thing that resembles the Ochiai of old is the No. 66 and his name on the back of his uniform. That and the way he, as usually is the case, finds a way to make all the right ...

The normally reserved Ochiai had a wide grin on his face and was clearly enjoying himself, until eventually Woods played the part of former boxer Roberto Duran, held up both hands and signaled no mas.

The Chunichi Dragons have had some rough beginnings this year, but as their pitching staff rounds into form, Hiromitsu Ochiai's team is setting itself up to make some noise in the Central League ...