The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and ...

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known worldwide as manga. And all stand on equal ground with the likes of Shohei ...

MLB.com credits Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell with throwing the first eephus. It was named by teammate Maurice Van Robays, saying, “Eephus ain’t nothing, and that’s a nothing pitch.” MLB.com stretched ...

Two women who’d gone to school together in New Jersey were there celebrating their 60th birthdays—Nina Kaplan, a Boca Raton ...

Hot Springs senior Sean Elia is the Trojans' starting shortstop and two-hole hitter this season. Head coach Trevor Durham said Elia has grown a lot as a player since joining the program, hitting his ...

Just take the series (the Ron Gardenhire mantra) ...

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The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-2026 (fiscal 2025) season will begin on April 16. The orchestra, known as the ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will kick off the 2025 season on the eastern hemisphere Tuesday morning for the ...

Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...