Baseball

New York – Mets second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended for 162 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday after he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug for the second time in his decorated career. The 38-year-old Cano will miss the entire 2021 season and lose $24 million in salary. […]

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yomiuri Giants are about to meet in the most consequential Japan Series in recent memory. Not because of what might happen on the field — though either the Hawks winning a fourth straight title or the Giants pulling off a, well, giant-killing would be big […]

Miami – The Miami Marlins’ new general manager sat at home plate in the team’s ballpark Monday, reflecting on all the times she struck out. As baseball’s first female GM, Kim Ng can bask in a breakthrough achievement that’s all the more admirable because she was turned down for a […]

Fukuoka – Akira Nakamura swatted a pair of two-run homers to help lift the SoftBank Hawks to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over the Lotte Marines in Game 2 of the Pacific League Climax Series on Sunday. The Pacific League champions clinched their fourth straight Japan Series berth with the win, […]

Yokohama – The Yokohama DeNA BayStars decided Saturday to name former ace pitcher and current farm team manager Daisuke Miura as the Central League club’s next manager, a source with knowledge of the matter said. An official announcement is expected to be made during the week. It will be the […]

Fukuoka – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks exploited their opponents’ defensive lapses to come from behind and beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 in Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series on Saturday. In a season abbreviated due to the coronavirus, the PL trimmed its playoffs to a single best-of-five […]

Miami – Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three decades later she’s still on the rise while shattering ceilings. Ng became the majors’ highest-ranking woman in baseball operations when she was hired Friday as general manager of the Miami Marlins. She is believed to […]

New York – As opening day finally approached, Freddie Freeman had far bigger concerns than perfecting his swing and practicing his scoops. Just being able to walk a few steps was hard enough. “It wasn’t the way I wanted to start, with COVID,” the Atlanta Braves first baseman said. “I […]

New York – As opening day finally approached, Freddie Freeman had far bigger concerns than perfecting his swing and practicing his scoops. Just being able to walk a few steps was hard enough. “It wasn’t the way I wanted to start, with COVID,” the Atlanta Braves first baseman said. “I […]

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have appointed general manager and former major league pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii as their new manager, the Pacific League club said Thursday. Ishii, 47, replaces first-year skipper Hajime Miki, who will return to his role as Rakuten’s farm team manager. Under Miki, 43, the Eagles finished […]