From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.
In baseball-mad Japan, Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers triumph on Opening Day
The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani ...
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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From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
This week, Ohtani will be the centerpiece. “It's a chance to showcase some Japanese talent over there and I think all of ...
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Shohei Ohtani and 4 other Japanese players come home to start the MLB season
It's the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome to ...
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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 Shohei Ohtani, left ...
‘This is baseball country’: MLB season gets underway in Japan as national hero Shohei Ohtani inspires Dodgers’ win over Cubs
Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse ...
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From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
Baseball was introduced to Japan in the mid- to late-1800s ... the ball a hundred miles an hour!” In 2024, Ohtani, normally a two-way player, was prevented from pitching as he recovered from ...
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Shohei Ohtani, Japan's other baseball stars shook their nerves and delivered in MLB's Tokyo opener
Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt this was no ordinary baseball game. But the Japanese ...
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What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the ... at spring training in Arizona if the loss of great players could hurt Japanese baseball. “That’s a good question, a difficult ...