‘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 ...
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 ...
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Rintaro Sasaki, Japan's slugging sensation, belts first 2 college HRs -- including walk-off!
The legend of Rintaro Sasaki continued to grow on Saturday. After hitting his first collegiate home run for Stanford, Sasaki ...
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Sasaki a symbol of hope for people of Japan
Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling ...
Baseball was in need of revitalization. Japanese stars are giving America's pastime a lifeline.
Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Shota Imanaga are transforming Major League Baseball and its fans — and the future of the ...
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Baseball: NPB's Tigers beat Dodgers after Cubs in exhibition series
Teruaki Sato hit a three-run homer off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-0 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. Shohei Ohtani struck ...
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Dodgers’ Tokyo Series trip confirms the team’s ‘overwhelming’ hold on Japan
With the Dodgers scheduled to play a Saturday exhibition contest against the Tokyo Dome’s normal tenant, the Yomuiri Giants ...
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Baseball: Taisuke Yamaoka to resume training after online gambling issue
The Orix Buffaloes said Wednesday pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka can resume training after he was suspended by the Pacific League ...
Japan pro baseball players plead for no regular season suspensions over online gambling
The association for players in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has asked the organization not to impose penalties, ...
Chicago Cubs notes from Tokyo: Matthew Boyd’s roots to Japanese baseball — and a healthy Julian Merryweather
Matthew Boyd’s appreciation for baseball’s popularity in Japan and its stars can be traced to his roots. Boyd grew up roughly 30 minutes outside Seattle and became a big Mariners fan when the ...
The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it’s looked like the Hanshin Tigers
TOKYO (AP) — For two days in Japan, it’s the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In ...
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 ...