Baseball

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – The summer edition of the national high school baseball tournament, Japan’s iconic amateur sporting event, reopened Tuesday after it was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 103rd tournament is being held under strict coronavirus protocols to avoid outbreaks, and only people associated with […]

Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is the latest big name to join the Fanatics roster, the sports memorabilia company announced Wednesday. Ohtani has agreed to a deal with the firm that makes it the exclusive distributor of Ohtani memorabilia, including autographs, collectibles, signed baseballs, bats, game-used merchandise and […]

Japan’s renowned summer high school baseball championship will be held without spectators in principle when it opens next month in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the organizers said Wednesday. The National High School Baseball Championship, running for about two weeks in western Japan, will only be […]

Every NPB player on a first-team roster was deactivated on Thursday in one mass transaction. It was just a procedural move — because there are no games scheduled for the next 10 days — but many fans still got a kick out of the rare sight of the rosters emptying […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani dispelled any worries about an All-Star Game hangover Sunday when he went 2-for-3 and belted his major league-leading 34th home run in the Los Angeles Angels’ 7-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners. The two-way superstar — who took part in the Home Run Derby and […]

NEW YORK – Linda Ruth Tosetti, a granddaughter of the late baseball legend Babe Ruth, welcomed the rise of Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani in a recent interview, calling it “good for baseball” as his historic 2021 campaign has him on pace to approach Ruth’s former single-season home run record. […]

Denver – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani on Tuesday became the first player in the 88-year history of the All-Star Game to start as both a hitter and pitcher. Ohtani, who was listed in the lineup as a designated hitter, batted leadoff for the American League and then […]

Shohei Ohtani only lasted one round in the MLB Home Run Derby on Monday at Coors Field in Denver, but what a round he had. The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star came up short against the Washington Nationals’ Juan Soto, losing 31-28 in a duel that required two tiebreaker rounds. […]

Los Angeles – San Diego Padres right-hander Yu Darvish and Seattle Mariners lefty Yusei Kikuchi were placed on the 10-day injured list by their respective teams on Sunday. Both pitchers are All-Star Game picks, but Darvish is among the list of players who will not take part in Tuesday’s game […]

Cristopher Mercedes, one of two Yomiuri Giants imports named to the Tokyo Olympic baseball rosters, allowed a run over 7⅔ innings in an 8-1 win over the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers on Saturday. The win at Koshien Stadium trimmed the Tigers’ lead over the second-place Giants to 2½ games. Mercedes […]