The head of the Japanese baseball players' association said Thursday his organization will do everything possible to block the proposed merger of two Pacific League teams. Atsuya furuta, chairman of ...

Atsuya Furuta (古田 敦也, b. August 6, 1965) is a Japanese former baseball player and player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball club in the Nippon Professional Baseball's Central ...

Veteran catcher Atsuya Furuta belted four homers in four at-bats Saturday to lead the Yakult Swallows to a 14-4 victory over the Hiroshima Carp. Furuta connected for solo homers in the second and ...