Every time the Dodgers slugger hits a home run, reporters track down who caught the souvenir. "We're writing human-interest ...

Facing a rash of injuries to its pitching staff, baseball’s richest team is banking on the 30-year-old Japanese dual threat ...

Major League Baseball has had no shortage of stars, but it has never seen a sensation like Ohtani, who is Japan’s answer to Babe Ruth. Shohei Ohtani’s return to Japan this month has the feel ...

MLB star Shohei Ohtani made a triumphant return to Japan last week for an exhibition game, playing in front of a home crowd for the first time in a major league uniform. In a rare interview a day ...

The two-way superstar faced hitters for the second time since elbow surgery, throwing 29 pitches at Dodger Stadium in a 25-minute session before the defending World Series champions played the New ...

TOKYO — There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat, the roars from the ... which showcased its international appeal in Japan. The Tokyo Dome hosted a capacity crowd of roughly 42,000 for ...

Shohei Ohtani delivered in front of a sold-out Tokyo ... "I think it was a great at-bat.” The Dodgers are in Japan ahead of next week's season-opening Tokyo Series, which brings games against ...

"Shohei's impact in Japan is impossible to overstate," Dodgers president Andrew Friedman says. "We thought we understood it, but until you see it and live it, you can't fully grasp it." Ohtani ...

TOKYO -- The expectations for Shohei Ohtani's first trip to Japan as a major league player were massive and unyielding. He is a near-mythic figure in his home country, and his presence here this ...

TOKYO — Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power ... The Dodgers are playing in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series. The team is playing two exhibition games against Japanese ...

On the eve of Shohei Ohtani facing batters for the first time since elbow surgery in September 2023, Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power ... The Dodgers are playing in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series. The team is playing two exhibition games against Japanese teams ...