Nippon Professional Baseball

Mookie Betts to sit for exhibitions in Japan, Dodgers will re-evaluate for Tokyo Series

Mookie Betts will be re-evaluated during the team’s off-day on Monday, and is questionable to be in the lineup for the club’s two regular-season-opening games at the Tokyo Dome.

LancasterOnline · 13h

Dodgers' Tokyo Series trip confirms the team's 'overwhelming' hold on Japan

With the Dodgers scheduled to play a Saturday exhibition contest against the Tokyo Dome's normal tenant, the Yomuiri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, Roberts wondered whether there might actually be more Dodgers gear populating the crowd.

Madison.com · 14h

Not just Ohtani: Tokyo Series showcases depth of Japanese talent in MLB

The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani this week when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the

AFP on MSN · 1h

Ohtani hits home run in Dodgers' Tokyo exhibition game

Shohei Ohtani fever in Tokyo reached boiling point Saturday as the Japanese baseball superstar hit a home run in his first game in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform in his home country. But it was his first ever appearance in an MLB uniform in his home country,

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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 ...

Cubs get a taste of NPB atmosphere in exhibition game against Hanshin Tigers: 'I was feeding off it'

With the team going with a bullpen day for their first exhibition game in Japan, Merryweather opened for the Cubs against the ...

Major League Baseball7h

Imanaga made all the right adjustments to excel in Majors

TOKYO – Shortly after Shota Imanaga arrived at Spring Training a year ago, Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy wanted to look ...

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Baseball-Ohtani, Dodgers battle jet lag before opener with Cubs in Tokyo

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

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How Japanese superstars are helping to revitalize baseball

Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Shota Imanaga are transforming Major League Baseball and its fans — and the future of the ...

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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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Ohtani Effect Fuels Japan’s Female Baseball Stars to Push for Pro Future

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 ...

How Topps is using the Tokyo Series to build its passionate baseball card-collecting community in Japan

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 ...

Kyodo News on MSN2d

Baseball: Taisuke Yamaoka to resume training after online gambling issue

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

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Japan pro baseball players plead for no regular season suspensions over online gambling

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

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Dodgers get to see first hand just how popular they’ve become in Japan

More than 10,000 fans show up at the Tokyo Dome to watch the Dodgers practice and cheer for Shohei Ohtani’s brief appearance ...

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