From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
How to Watch Los Angeles Dodgers-Chicago Cubs Tokyo Series
Five Japanese players will participate in this year’s Tokyo Series, with three—Yamamoto, Imanaga, and Sasaki—all slated to ...
Chicago Cubs Exhibition Game Against Japanese Club Ends in Surprising Outcome
The Chicago Cubs are one of two MLB clubs capping off their Spring Training in Japan, but few expected the outcome of their ...
Craig Counsell hopes Japan trip bonds Cubs as they enter a pressure-filled season
Becoming a winning team "is about getting to know each other," Justin Turner said. "Trips like this can kick-start that." ...
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Shaw preps for MLB debut in familiar surroundings ... Tokyo?
Stepping foot inside the historic Tokyo Dome was a new experience for most of the Cubs’ players this weekend. That was not ...
‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...
Yamamoto is ready to emerge as a star for the Dodgers, starting with their opener in Japan
Yoshinobu Yamamoto knows what it’s like to travel across the world to take the mound for his first start of the Major League ...
The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it’s looked like the Hanshin Tigers
TOKYO (AP) — For two days in Japan, it’s the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In ...
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Baseball: NPB's Tigers beat Dodgers after Cubs in exhibition series
Teruaki Sato hit a three-run homer off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-0 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. Shohei Ohtani struck ...