Shohei Ohtani seems impervious to a variety of conditions that afflict most humans -- nerves, anxiety, distraction -- but it took playing a regular-season big-league game in his home country to change ...

As MLB Network wrote on its Twitter/X page, "Every time Shohei Ohtani stepped up to the plate today, the fans at the Tokyo Dome went silent." That surely heightened the nerves of Ohtani. "I was ...

MLB season is officially underway with the Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, and the beer prices are blowing fans away.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Major League Baseball ...

In front of a packed Tokyo Dome crowd, the 2025 MLB season got underway with Game 1 of the Tokyo Series. Though the game was close, the Dodgers' trio of Japanese stars (though only two played: Roki Sa ...

Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse homegrown star Shohei Ohtani in action.

When Shohei Ohtani steps onto the Tokyo Dome field, the mere sight of him is enough to send those in the stands into rapturous applause. But when he steps into the batter's box, the noise level drops ...

But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night handled any jitters they had quite well, delivering in clutch moments as the Los Angeles ...

Shohei Ohtani explained why he was nervous while playing in Tokyo Tuesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers got a win over the Chicago Cubs.

In 2024, Imanaga posted the highest fly ball rate among National League pitchers, at a 45.5 percent clip. He ranked fifth in the NL in home runs surrendered, with 27. While Ohtani has the best odds to ...

And yet, even out of the relative few people who were able to obtain tickets, a non-zero amount of them woke up, dressed as Shohei Ohtani's dog, then went about their business. They brushed their ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar noted that a "unique environment" created by Japanese fans forced him to adjust on the field.