‘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 ...
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 ...
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, aka Japan's home run king, absolutely crushed his first college home run
Rintaro Sasaki, the left-handed power hitter who set the Japanese high school home run record (14) while playing at Hanamaki ...
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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 ...
Chicago Cubs Exhibition Game Against Japanese Club Ends in Surprising Outcome
The Chicago Cubs are capping off their spring training slate in Japan ahead of their opening series of the regular season ...
Baseball-Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
By Irene Wang KOSHIGAYA, Japan - In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura's father purchased his ...
Craig Counsell hopes Japan trip bonds Cubs as they enter a pressure-filled season
Becoming a winning team "is about getting to know each other," Justin Turner said. "Trips like this can kick-start that." ...
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Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura’s father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani ...
The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it's looked like the Hanshin Tigers
TOKYO — For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In another ...