Major League Baseball season is fully underway. Such an event might be the time when I’d point out that baseball is ...

In an interview, the commissioner said torpedo bats are good and challenges for balls and strikes are likely on the way.

About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. They came up through Nippon Professional Baseball and ...

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

And the craze is only increasing this year. The Dodgers started the regular season this year as the reigning World Series ...

The Yokohama BayStars won the Japan Series in 2024 ... but they want to do so while also claiming the Central League pennant, a title the team has not won since 1998. The Yomiuri Giants, meanwhile ...

Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball’s opening day rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012.

Two of baseball's biggest draws, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, missed time in Arizona, but attendance jumped ...

What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country’s pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu ...

That’s a point of pride at home, but also a reason to worry. What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country’s pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen ...