The Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series victory reflected the increasingly global nature of baseball, as two Japanese stars ...
When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U.S. and Japan. It ...
The SoftBank Hawks were crowned champions of Nippon Professional Baseball on Thursday after Isami Nomura's 11th-inning go-ahead home run gave them a Japan Series-clinching 3-2 win over the Hanshin ...
Sunday morning in Japan began with a palpable buzz after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Shohei Ohtani would start Game 7 ...
Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani is a star hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A three-time MVP and 2024 World Series champion, Ohtani has drawn comparisons to baseball legend Babe ...
The SoftBank Hawks' first Japan Series title since 2020, clinched in Thursday's 3-2 extra-inning Game 5 victory over th ...
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks stunned the baseball world by selecting Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki as their ...
Manager Kazuto Tsuruoka of the Nankai Hawks in the Nippon Professional Baseball league initially was unsuccessful in ...
A new documentary on the shared love of baseball in the U.S. and Japan — created with the help of a Sonoma couple — is ...
Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Hiromi Ito has won the 2025 Eiji Sawamura Award, recognizing the most outstanding starting ...
The Mets have long been connected to Kay, having first drafted him out of Ward Melville High School on Long Island in the ...
Sasaki, who was eligible for the NPB draft in the fall of 2023, elected to skip it and instead enroll at Stanford. Players are eligible for pro drafts twice, right out of high school at 18, or three ...