For Dominican baseball hopefuls, age fraud cases and a curveball from Japan reflect a broken system
Despite years of corruption and criticism, the entry point for talented players from the Dominican Republic into Major League ...
Japanese freshman Rintaro Sasaki an instant hit with Stanford Cardinal baseball
Stanford star freshman Rintaro Suzuki and the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani both attended the same high school in Japan, where ...
College baseball notebook: Japanese star Rintaro Sasaki finds stroke right away in Stanford debut
Rintaro Sasaki certainly lived up to the yearlong hype surrounding his debut at Stanford. The slugging first baseman went 6 ...
Former Auburn pitcher preparing for his first season in Japanese baseball
Pitcher Trey Wingenter is at work at spring training, but not in the Cactus or the Grapefruit leagues. The former Bob Jones High School and Auburn standout is preparing for the Pacific League season ...
Rintaro Sasaki Excels As Teenage Trailblazer For Japanese Ball Players
Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.
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Wednesday's Baseball Roundup: Imanaga "very honored" to start against countryman in Japan, more
Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga said Wednesday he was “very honored” to receive the opening day start against the Los ...
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The Orioles have eyes on Japanese players. Adam Jones is there to help.
Sugano, who faced Jones in the 2017 World Baseball Classic in addition to NPB play, is just the third Japanese player to sign with Baltimore directly from his home country. The 35-year-old tested ...
Spring Training games get underway. Here are 5 things to watch as baseball returns
After months of waiting and offseason maneuvering, Major League Baseball’s Spring Training gets going in earnest this weekend ...
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Japanese player elected to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES – Global baseball’s hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Hall of Fame on Jan 21, just one vote shy of a unanimous ...
While Manfred frets, some opposing players cheer the big-spending push of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred shared conflicting feelings about the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers this week, praising ...
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Kodai Senga shares insight on how Mets can recruit top Japanese players
And at one point, he got brutally honest about what the Mets can do to be more attractive to fellow Japanese players ... where he also played Division 1 baseball for five years.