From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...
From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan’s baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
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Dodgers' Japanese trio of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki captivate homeland in MLB Tokyo Series
The moment Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki set foot in Japan for MLB's Tokyo series, their homeland ...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani's teammate makes Michael Jordan comparison
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was compared to a sports legend by teammate Anthony Banda ahead of the MLB Tokyo ...
Not just Ohtani: Tokyo Series will showcase the depth of Japanese talent in Major League Baseball
The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani this week when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World ...
Ohtani Effect Fuels Japan’s Female Baseball Stars to Push for Pro Future
On a brisk winter day, high-school freshman Rin Saito’s cleats crunch the snow as she rubs the leather of the ball against her gray and purple uniform. With each crack of the bat, she dreams of ...
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Shohei Ohtani and four other Japanese players come home to start the MLB season
For the record, the MLB regular season consists of almost 2,500 games. But it’s much more for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who was born in Japan. And for Shohei Ohtani and the four other ...
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Shohei's popularity on display everywhere you look in Japan
Just about everywhere you look in these bustling streets, there he is: cooking up spaghetti with a flourish, adeptly juggling ...