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 ...
MLB power rankings: Who's favored to meet Dodgers in World Series?
1. Los Angeles Dodgers: They figure to open the season with about $50 million worth of pitchers unable to take the hill. That's OK, because they have another $100 million ready to perform. But at ...
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." ...
‘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 ...
Six Nations champions France can improve before bid for 2027 Rugby World Cup glory
And they set records galore on their way to victory, scoring 30 tries in the five games which breaks England’s previous best ...
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 ...