Baseball mania reached fever pitch in Japan on Friday with public appearances of national hero Shohei Ohtani and other ...

Steps away from Shibuya Crossing, known as the busiest crosswalk in the world, the Topps logo is branded across the entrance to a building bracketed by images of baseball cards featuring some of the ...

More than 10,000 fans packed into the lower bowl of the Tokyo Dome on Friday to watch the Dodgers go through their first official workout.

On a brisk winter day, high-school freshman Rin Saito’s cleats crunch the snow as she rubs the leather of the ball against her gray and purple uniform. With each crack of the bat, she dreams of ...

Hanshin Tigers prospect Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings to lead his team to a 3-0 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in the first of four exhibition games between MLB and Nippon ...

The association for players in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has asked the organization not to impose penalties, ...

Giving his surgically repaired pitching arm a rest, Ohtani became MLB’s first 50 home run, 50 stolen bases man, culminating ...

The Orix Buffaloes said Wednesday pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka can resume training after he was suspended by the Pacific League ...

Suzuki, now in his fourth season with Chicago, played nine seasons with the Central League's Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2013 to ...

Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans ...

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — It’s been nearly eight years since David Buchanan shut out two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani ’s Nippon-Ham ...