Japanese baseball fans are crazy for Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. MLB has a plan to get them to root for every team
Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB’s ...
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Seoul Series 18.7 million → Tokyo Series 25 million, 10 times more remarkable than Freeman Seoul, who couldn't even play
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is home-in responding to the cheering crowd after hitting a solo home run in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs on the 19th. UPI Yonhap ...
Dodgers-Cubs opener in Tokyo averages more than 25 million viewers in Japan, a record audience
Tuesday’s first game of the Tokyo Series averaged more than 25 million viewers in Japan according to Major League Baseball, ...
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You want a six-week diagnosis? This man was against the Betts Freeman contestKim Hye-sung is concerned about prolonging his minor life
LA Dodgers Kim Hye-sung must have a problem with second and center field positions if he wants to be promoted to the big ...
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Column: Nico Hoerner returns to the Chicago Cubs lineup while players from the Tokyo Series recover from jet lag
Following an 0-2 trip in the Tokyo Series, the Chicago Cubs used mostly minor-leaguers Friday in second baseman Nico Hoerner’s 2025 Cactus League debut.
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Why not Pags? It seems odd that Steve Pagliuca’s Celtics ownership bid was turned down, and other thoughts.
The Grousbecks did not feel Pagliuca's bid was the best for the team, and the Globe has learned the Chisholm bid was higher.
Fanatics says it had $40 million in Tokyo Series sales, higher than all major sporting events
Japan's rapidly growing interest in MLB helped Fanatics sell more merchandise than it does for events like the World Series ...
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Takeaways from Tokyo: Reliving the best of Dodgers' time in Japan
This story was excerpted from Sonja Chen’s Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to ...
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Dodgers Week 1: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto lead Tokyo sweep
The Dodgers beat the Cubs in two games at the Tokyo Dome in Japan to open the 2025 MLB regular season. Shohei Ohtani, ...
Daywatch: RTA outlines ‘doomsday’ transit cuts
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten said he “absolutely” will continue to hold town hall meetings even though an event in ...
‘Proud and honored’: Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs’ first Japanese player, reconnects with team in Tokyo
When Kosuke Fukudome thinks back to his first professional season in Japan, Major League Baseball never felt like an ...
MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...