Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

There almost certainly won’t be a $700 million deal for any player in the baseball’s next free agency class, nothing like the ...

If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...

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Established in 1934, the Giants are one of the most influential teams in the Nippon Professional Baseball league. From the 1950s to the present, they have won the Japan Series championship 22 times, a ...

Baseball has seen its share of players who have been hyped before they ever played a game in the Major Leagues. Look no ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field and helping the Los ...

Bold decisions to change Major League Baseball’s longstanding rules quickened the pace of games and revived the popularity of ...

In 2024, eight USA TODAY Network reporters and editors ranked MLB's stadiums from 1-30. But with the Athletics stadium having ...

Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB’s ...

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Japanese national hero Shohei Ohtani delivered a homer for the fans in Tokyo on Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers ...