By 1950, it had grown to the point that it needed to reorganize into two leagues -- the Central League and the Pacific League -- under one name: Nippon Professional ... batting experience zone, ...
Baseball has seen its share of players who have been hyped before they ever played a game in the Major Leagues. Look no ...
About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it’s 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like ...
They came up through Nippon Professional Baseball and waited for free agency under the Japanese system, or were allowed to go earlier by their clubs. But times are changing. Two young stars — 19 ...