Hiroshima Carp pitcher Daichi Osera did something against the Yomiuri Giants last week that you do not see very often in baseball games these days. He got a hit. While no one would confuse Osera for Shohei Ohtani, seeing a […]
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An exhibition highlighting the long and storied history of baseball in Japan will open at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in July — the same month Ichiro Suzuki will become the first Japanese player inducted
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Roki Sasaki was electric at times and erratic at others in his MLB debut. The highly touted young pitcher lit up the radar gun early and was supported by home runs from Tommy Edman, Enrique Hernandez and Shohei Ohtani in
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In an opening day matchup that featured more Japanese star power than ever, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani had two hits and scored a pair of runs, while Yamamoto reigned on the mound
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There are probably not many MLB fans who are familiar with Keito Mombetsu or Hiroto Saiki. Maybe not Teruaki Sato or Tatsuya Ishikawa either. They and their teammates on the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants were the supporting act for
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Pete Crow-Armstrong stands out for the big, blue stars painted on his hair almost as much as he does for the way he swings his bat or patrols center field for the Chicago Cubs. He put everything on display on
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Hiroto Saiki got the best of Shohei Ohtani this time and helped the Hanshin Tigers leave their mark on the Tokyo Series. Saiki silenced the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bats for five innings, and slugger Teruaki Sato hit a three-run home
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Shohei Ohtani used social media to let everyone know he was back home when the Los Angeles Dodgers touched down at Haneda Airport on Thursday. He used his bat on Saturday night. Ohtani gave the thousands of fans who filled
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Seiya Suzuki, who left Japanese baseball four years ago to embark on a career in MLB, felt the nostalgia creep in at times as he played at Tokyo Dome wearing an MLB uniform for the first time. Facing the Hanshin
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Seiya Suzuki got the cheers, but the Hanshin Tigers got the win. Suzuki was showered with applause in his return to Japan as a member of the Chicago Cubs, while Hanshin’s Koji Chikamoto, Ukyo Maegawa and Teruaki Sato drove in
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