Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima has died at age 89. Former Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley once tried to buy his contract. Shohei Ohtani posted his respects on Instagram.

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima, one of the biggest stars of Nippon Professional Baseball, died early Tuesday morning of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital, his former team ...

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima, one of the biggest stars of Nippon Professional Baseball, died early Tuesday morning of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital, his former team ...

The Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) is the main route to supply foreign players to the KBO League. A player who has ...

Murakami, who plays for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, announced this season would be his last in Japan in Dec. 2024. But an injury could delay those plans. Murakami has been limited to just one game ...

Across 837 games and 3,560 plate appearances in the NPB, all of which have come with the Swallows, Murakami has hit .270/.395/.549 to go alongside 224 home runs and 600 RBIs.

Kuriyama was born and raised in Tokyo, and he played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows for seven years. He had no ties at all to the town, a one-hour drive from Sapporo, until 1999.

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Nagashima's 59-year-old son Kazushige, who played for the Yakult Swallows and the Giants, said, "Baseball was his life and what he loved most." "I feel he had the happiest 89 years, more than anyone, ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than accept ...

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