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.
In baseball-mad Japan, Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers triumph on Opening Day
The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani ...
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
Lovullo was ahead of the curve in identifying a future Major League Baseball ... San Francisco Giants during the 1964 and ...
MLB wants Japan to cheer for more than the Dodgers and Ohtani. The prize could be billions
If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...
Here’s what spring training looks like in Japan
Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans ...
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150 years of baseball history has led to this historic Opening Day in Tokyo
The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and ...
Just how 'insane' will Dodgers' Japan Series be? Shohei Ohtani and Co. resume world tour
Here come the Los Angeles Dodgers, arriving in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, where the entire country of Japan is ready to go ...
Shohei Ohtani hits 2-run homer in Japan during Dodgers' win over Yomiuri Giants
The three-time MVP recorded one hit in two at-bats — a two-run home run during a five-run Dodgers third inning off Giants ...
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Japanese stars are hitting cultural home runs in Major League Baseball
Professional baseball across the Pacific has a history that also involves Hawaiʻi. Before former Cubs outfielder Kosuke ...
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From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
Baseball was introduced to Japan in the mid- to late-1800s ... Led by Oh and Nagashima, the Yomiuri Giants – the team which grew out of the Japanese All-Stars who had played Ruth and co ...