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

Long before the rise of Shohei Ohtani and Ichiro Suzuki, Nagashima was arguably the most famous player in Japanese baseball ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The two-way superstar faced hitters for the first time since elbow surgery, throwing 22 pitches at Citi Field a few hours ...

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 ...