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

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

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

While MLB Opening Day technically took place in Japan last week, the rest of the league will get their first taste of regular ...

There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat, the roars from the Tokyo Dome crowd and the beeps from the credit card machines ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball. Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt ...

In a world where sports and commerce collide with the force of a Shohei Ohtani home run, one event just redefined what it ...

It's not just Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. There are more Japanese players in MLB this year than you might think.

The regular season is kicking off in Tokyo with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, both of which have been boosted by Japanese players.

But while MLB has become known for its melting pot of backgrounds among players, this diversity may be putting a strain on the Japanese baseball industry. Baseball has long been the most popular ...

Former Detroit Lions quarterback, Rodney Peete, who was sitting in the crowd, caught a foul ball out of play as Max Muncy ...