After a terrific nine-year run in Major League Baseball, veteran reliever Koji Uehara has returned to the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced (link via the Japan ...

The Red Sox had a stud closer in Jonathan Papelbon for six full seasons, 2006-11. When he walked via free agency prior to the 2012 season, it would eventually be a blessing in disguise, though the Red ...

BOSTON -- The book on Koji Uehara is out. With the equivalent of a full season as Red Sox closer under his belt, hitters know he plans to retire them with fastballs and splitters. And they know he’s ...

NEW YORK -- The Red Sox plan to hold off until they watch Koji Uehara long toss Sunday before deciding whether to send the 39-year-old closer back to Boston for additional testing on the stiffness he ...

On Tuesday, Koji Uehara allowed a baserunner. Before that, he had retired 37 batters in a row, setting a Boston record and getting within a good week of the all-time record, 45, by Mark Buehrle.

BALTIMORE, MD - JUNE 14: Pitcher Koji Uehara #19 of the Boston Red Sox works against the Baltimore Orioles, striking out the one batter he faced to end a bases-loaded scoring threat in the eighth ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- In the modern era, where seemingly any Joe off the street can tickle 101 mph on the radar gun, closers come and go. Some have staying power, but many of them burn and fade nearly as ...

The Boston Red Sox, demonstrating confidence that Koji Uehara's late-season woes were an aberration and not a harbinger of imminent decline, signed the 39-year-old closer to a two-year, $18 million ...