What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball. He's among many Japanese stars who have left to ...
From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
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150 years of baseball history has led to this historic Opening Day in Tokyo
The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and ...
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Dodgers, Cubs have rich histories of Japanese players
The next stop on MLB’s World Tour is here, and it's awfully fitting. The Dodgers and Cubs open the 2025 season in the Tokyo ...
‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...
Baseball Tokyo awaits national hero Ohtani and countrymen in historic MLB opener
Masanori Murakami travelled to San Francisco 61 years ago this month on his way to becoming the first Japanese player in ...
The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it's looked like the Hanshin Tigers
TOKYO — For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In another ...
Smoking areas in clubhouse, no pitch clock: MLB players get a little taste of baseball in Japan
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it’s 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like ...
How Japanese superstars are helping to revitalize baseball
Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Shota Imanaga are transforming Major League Baseball and its fans — and the future of the ...
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'Moneyball' disciples aim to upend Japanese baseball for second year
The former bankers who used statistical analysis of undervalued players to lead the Yokohama DeNA BayStars to a stunning ...
Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs Players Experience Pokemon Heaven in Trip to Tokyo
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will usher in the 2025 Major League Baseball season with the two-game ...