MLB is bringing home top talent from Japan's most popular sport
The crack of the bat is almost here with Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season set for March 27. But while ...
'Baseball player' tops career aspirations for boys in Japan as Ohtani effect takes hold
Influenced by Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's phenomenal success, "baseball player" has reclaimed the top spot ...
What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later ...
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Dodgers, Cubs have rich histories of Japanese players
The next stop on MLB’s World Tour is here, and it's awfully fitting. The Dodgers and Cubs open the 2025 season in the Tokyo ...
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What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
What happens to baseball in Japan ... Morii said through an interpreter after signing. A third player — Japan's top pitcher Roki Sasaki — just left the Chiba Lotte Marines after four seasons ...
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What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
12-year deal last offseason and was asked a few weeks ago at spring training in Arizona if the loss of great players could hurt Japanese baseball. Los Angeles Dodgers' Tommy Edman, from top left ...
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What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
What happens to baseball in Japan ... Morii said through an interpreter after signing. A third player — Japan’s top pitcher Roki Sasaki — just left the Chiba Lotte Marines after four ...