What happens when a group of baseball-loving dreamers sets their sights on one of the most competitive leagues in the world? In "Can We Play Professional Baseball in Japan?", we take on our ...

Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s most celebrated baseball player and a linchpin of the storied Tokyo Yomiuri Giants dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s, died on Tuesday in Tokyo. He was 89.

Baseball is Japan’s pastime in a way it isn’t for America anymore. The key will be for the MLB to take advantage of this fact. We already know from reporting that the MLB is trying to do that.

Inspired by this, Shoriki established Japan’s first professional baseball team, the Great Tokyo Baseball Club. This team toured the U.S. in 1935, playing against colleges and minor league squads. When ...

Baseball is Japan’s pastime in a way it isn’t for America anymore. The key will be for the MLB to take advantage of this fact. We already know from reporting that the MLB is trying to do that.