Japan not thrilled with Netflix-controlled World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic final. Japan ahead of the United States by a run. Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Full count. Shohei ...
Momentum on MSN

What Japan is like on a pro baseball road trip

Baseball road games in Nagoya, Japan are a whole different world, and this vlog shows what it really looks like. From the ...

Tatsuya Imai is the Houston Astros' first big signing from Japan. Why he may not be the last.

Jim Crane says the Astros are bulking up their scouting operation in Asia to catch up to the rest of MLB in landing top ...
NESN Boston on MSN

Former Red Sox Pitcher Retires From Baseball After 15 Year Career

Former Boston Red Sox reliever Hirokazu Sawamura has retired after a 15-year career across Nippon Professional Baseball and ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma couple facilitates new film about US-Japan baseball relations

As baseball fever piques with the Oct. 24 start of the World Series, which features Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a new documentary, created with the help of a Sonoma ...
The New York Times

Japanese slugger Kazuma Okamoto to be posted for MLB teams by Yomiuri Giants

Kazuma Okamoto is a corner infielder with 248 home runs in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Darren Yamashita / Imagn Images Japanese slugger and corner infielder Kazuma Okamoto will be ...