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What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball is now Japanese. That's a point of pride at home, but also a ...
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Former Blue Jays playing in Nippon Professional Baseball
Just like Major League Baseball, Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is set to kick off this week, beginning this Friday.
Cuba had record 26 players on opening-day MLB rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012
There were 265 players from 18 nations and territories outside of the 50 states among 954 players on opening day active ...
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 ...
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.
How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...
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There’s no easy answers for slowing down rising level of pitching injuries at all levels of baseball
Figuring out a cause for the skyrocketing number of arm injuries among pitchers is easy. Finding a solution could prove much ...
Baseball in Japan looks about the same, but the food and the vibe are different
The jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome as the Dodgers and Cubs opened their regular season had a different vibe than the usual ...
From building stadiums to selling trading cards, baseball biz is different in Japan
Topps, Populous and New Balance are all examples of baseball-connected brands that are tailoring their businesses to succeed ...
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How Japanese superstars are helping to revitalize baseball
Last year’s World Series between the New York Yankees and the eventual champions, a Los Angeles Dodgers team led by Japanese ...
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From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
In 1934, an American team featuring the best baseball players in the world – Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and more – went on a barnstorming tour around Japan. More than half a million ...
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What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
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 ...