Japanese baseball organisation NPB has found that four players and a staffer from the Saitama Seibu Lions have been illegally ...

Japan World Baseball Classic gear is available online at Fanatics (photo courtesy of Fanatics) Japan Baseball Highland Mint 2023 World Baseball Classic 39mm Silver Mint Coin - $39.99 ...

MLB has multiple avenues for growth, and more games abroad is an obvious starting point. National teams from MLB and Japan will participate in another World Baseball Classic, the sport’s ...

Join professional pitcher Tayler Scott as he takes you behind the scenes of life on the road in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league. This episode follows the team’s journey to ...

And to the immense satisfaction of fans of true baseball there continues to be no Designated Hitter in the Pecos League, despite pushes to introduce it. The Pecos League and Japan’s Nippon ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball season is fully underway. Such an event might be the time when I’d point out that baseball is struggling and heading towards the sports’ graveyard. I’ve done ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) bats against the Hanshin Tigers during the third inning in an MLB Japan Series exhibition baseball game, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Tokyo.

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball ...

A Portland baseball-themed apparel brand is expanding across the Pacific in a partnership that brings American-style baseball fandom and experience to Japan.

Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Japan, with its top league, Nippon Professional Baseball, drawing nearly 27 million attendees last year. Yet players like Shohei Ohtani have become ...

Japan's hugely popular baseball league could start as soon as June after its coronavirus postponement, according to the sport's commissioner, raising the hopes of fans. Atsushi Saito, commissioner for ...

What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country's pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu ...