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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
The Dodgers wanted to ‘paint Japan Dodger blue.’ Now they’re witnessing it in person
Ohtani’s star power is unmatched, and the Dodgers are seeing the fruits of Sho-economics. When they signed him, president of ...
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Ohtani, Dodgers get heroes welcome in Tokyo
Highlights from the Dodgers’ first few days in Japan, including a well-received workout at the Tokyo Dome, plus reaction to ...
Shohei Ohtani home run at Tokyo Dome becomes another moment delivered seemingly on command
Years from now, people who weren’t here will claim they were. The people who actually were here won’t be complaining about ...
Ohtani, Dodgers battle jet lag before opener with Cubs in Tokyo
Baseball mania reached fever pitch in Japan on Friday with public appearances of national hero Shohei Ohtani and other ...
WATCH: Cubs' Seiya Suzuki uses samurai sword to slice through pitches in batting practice
Using a katana in place of a bat, Suzuki showed off the sheer sharpness and power of the sword traditionally used by samurai, ...