Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...
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Ohtani: How 'Shotime' became Japan's biggest baseball export
Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani has made history by signing a ... the loser appears to be Japan's domestic baseball league, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Mr Whiting says NPB only ...
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Phillies invite three-time Japanese All-Star Koyo Aoyagi to Spring Training
The Phillies have invited three-time Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Koyo Aoyagi to MLB Spring Training, they announced ...
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BASEBALL/ Murakami makes NPB history by slamming 5 home runs in a row
Indeed, the 22-year-old had a night at the plate that others can only dream about, making Nippon Professional Baseball history by hitting five home runs in five consecutive at-bats. In Major ...
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Japan's baseball star Shohei Ohtani draws Babe Ruth comparisons
The hype surrounding baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani ... to enter the MLB directly from high school rather play in Japan's professional league. But Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won out in ...