The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.

About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...

Merchandise in every store. A fan club. And Dodger marketing officials insist that nearly 85% of Japanese baseball fans wear New Balance sneakers just because Ohtani sponsors the brand.

In preparation for their two-game series, both teams are facing off against two of the best squads from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, which is widely considered to be the second ...

(Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura) TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away.

"I really thought he had an excellent chance of making this club." He never pitched in Major League Baseball, settling solely for his legendary status in Japan. This story was updated to add a ...

Hundreds of Japanese fans waited in vain for a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as the baseball superstar and his ... in his home country since joining the club at the end of 2023. In a time of both ...

Fantasy baseball season officially ended ... while Clayton McCullough now leads a rebuilding Marlins club. Another early opening, this time in Japan Expect Shota Imanaga to start one of the ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee who portrayed the team’s beloved mascot Tsubakuro has died, the Central League club announced on Wednesday. The team asked for privacy for the family of the ...