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 ...
Japanese expat Rintaro Sasaki lets his bat do the talking for 14th-ranked Stanford
Stanford first baseman Rintaro Sasaki made head coach David Esquer look like a prophet. The freshman from Japan hit a reported 140 home runs in high school, but through last Friday, the left-handed ...
MLB is bringing home top talent from Japan's most popular sport
The crack of the bat is almost here with Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season set for March 27. But while ...
Thanks to Ohtani, MLB enjoys huge success in Japan and has momentum heading into 2025 season
There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani's bat, the roars from the Tokyo Dome crowd and the beeps from the credit card machines ...
From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.
Shohei Ohtani, Japan’s other baseball stars shook their nerves and delivered in MLB’s Tokyo opener
Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball. Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt ...
Chicago Cubs star swaps baseball bat for samurai sword during practice ahead of Tokyo Series
Chicago Cubs star Seiya Suzuki has taken training to a new level after swapping his baseball bat for a samurai sword.
Major League Baseball5d
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 ...
Shohei Ohtani homers as Dodgers sweep Cubs in Japan
Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big league ...