Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series ...

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the starting lineup with left rib discomfort before the ...

With the team going with a bullpen day for their first exhibition game in Japan, Merryweather opened for the Cubs against the ...

The Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong stands on the bag and celebrates his double as umpire Alan Porter, right, looks on in the fifth ...

Japan's Tomoki Kameda will challenge Angelo Leo of the United States for the IBF featherweight world championship at Osaka's ...

(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball, receives his ceremonial first pitch from Cubs pitcher Colin Rea before an exhibition game ...

Ohtani has tested the bounds of the ballpark before, hitting one through the ceiling of the building dubbed “The Big Egg” back in 2016.

Shohei Ohtani delivered in front of a sold-out Tokyo Dome as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-1 in an exhibition matchup Saturday. The three-time MVP recorded one hit in two at ...

Ohtani, who made history last year by becoming the first player in Major League Baseball to achieve 50 home runs and 50 ...

Shohei Ohtani's every step, swing and smile were intensely followed this week during his baseball homecoming at the Tokyo ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball ...