Why Japan is baseball’s answer to its longtime prayer
Major League Baseball season is fully underway. Such an event might be the time when I’d point out that baseball is ...
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Ohtani craze sparks renewed interest in decades-old Japanese American little league
And the craze is only increasing this year. The Dodgers started the regular season this year as the reigning World Series ...
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 America.
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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 ...
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The Moving Story of Bringing Baseball Back to Manzanar, Where Thousands of Japanese Americans Were Incarcerated During World War II
In honor of his mother and others imprisoned at the internment camp, baseball player Dan Kwong has restored a diamond in the ...
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Fantastic Baseball Appears At The Same Time As Major Leaguers And Japanese Professional Baseball Players Ilmi Pro Starts Pre-Booking In Japan
Ilmi Pro' serviced by WeMade and developed by Round One Studio has started pre-booking in Japan on the 3rd. 'Fantastic ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Dodgers pitcher Sasaki makes major league debut
The second game of the opening series of American Major League Baseball between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs ...
Cuba had record 26 players on opening-day MLB rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012
Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball’s opening day rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012.
What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. They came up through Nippon Professional Baseball and ...