Sasaki fever truly reached the US the following year when he was part of Samurai Japan’s 2023 World Baseball Classic win, alongside Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, now his Dodgers teammates.

Chance the Rapper walked up to accept the Grammy for best new artist in 2017 with a baseball cap that had a “3” stitched ... were aware they were up for a Grammy and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson ...

"I think they use DJ. I think you use your internal candidates. I think you put Jazz at second base and you don't even mess with him as a third baseman. You just let him go. It doesn't mean that I ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani broke the news to the Los Angeles Dodgers that prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was joining the team. Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball ...

Ichiro Suzuki is the Japanese Zen master who was so dedicated to baseball that he carried his bats in a moisture-proof case and apologised to their creator when he broke one. His speed and ...

became the first Japanese player elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Ichiro headlines the 2025 Hall of Fame class to be enshrined at Cooperstown, New York, which also ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the ...

Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose’s 4,256. He broke George ...