Baseball

Sendai – Sixth-inning home runs by Hotaka Yamakawa and Takeya Nakamura brought the Seibu Lions from three runs down in a 4-3 win over the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday. With a three-run lead at Sendai’s Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, Eagles lefty Takahiro Shiomi left too many […]

New York – Gabby Adamo loved the Chicago White Sox so much it influenced how she dressed and even how she drank her favorite beverages. « She didn’t despise Cubs fans, but she despised anything to do with red and blue, » said her father, Vince Adamo of Frankfort, Illinois. « She would […]

As anticipated, Atsunori Inaba will continue to lead Samurai Japan at the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His goal, of course, will be unchanged: win nothing but the gold medal. “I told him that I would take it,” Inaba said during an […]

New York – Alex Rodriguez, among four groups of bidders for a possible purchase of the New York Mets, called for baseball players accept the type of revenue-sharing system that is tied to a salary cap and sparked quick opposition from the union. Following the collapse of labor talks dealing […]

New York – Big league players will still hear the roar of the crowd even though the stands will be empty when the baseball season opens next week. Taking a cue from two European soccer leagues, Major League Baseball will play crowd noise from its official video game through ballpark […]

Hiroshima – Takumi Oshiro homered to cap a three-run first inning as the Yomiuri Giants took advantage of tentative pitching from the Hiroshima Carp and never looked back in a 9-4 Central League win on Thursday. Carp right-hander Kazuki Yabuta (0-1) surrendered a leadoff double to Yoshiyuki Kamei and then […]

Phoenix – The Cincinnati Reds hope their long-running search for a consistent leadoff hitter comes to an end with Shogo Akiyama. The first Japanese-born player in franchise history signed a three-year, $21 million deal during the offseason and is part of the team’s extensive overhaul. Mike Moustakas, Nick Castellanos, Wade […]

SEATTLE – Yoshihisa Hirano tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Seattle Mariners pitcher said Tuesday, making him the first Japanese major league player confirmed to have contracted the virus. The Mariners placed the right-handed reliever on the injured list earlier in the day without providing a reason. Hirano signed […]

Los Angeles – Fans wanting to see their faces at Dodger Stadium can buy cutouts for prices ranging up to $299. The team said Tuesday that net proceeds from the sale will benefit the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. Cutouts in the Dugout Club or new Pavilion Home Run Seats cost […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon confirmed Tuesday that Shohei Ohtani will pitch once per week in what is expected to be a six-man rotation when the shortened 60-game Major League Baseball season gets underway. « He’s part of our rotation, » Maddon said in a conference call, adding […]