Japan's star pitcher Shohei Ohtani struck-out the US captain to win the game The World Baseball Classic (WBC) final between Japan and the US delivered on many fronts: sporting prowess, drama and ...

The first time Ichiro Suzuki set foot into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. was nearly a quarter-century ago, back on Nov. 12, 2001.

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and ...

Roki Sasaki wore number 17 for his NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. He wore number 14 for the Japanese team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Now that he's ...