Shohei Ohtani is more than just the first $700 million athlete in sports history. Before the ‘Japanese Babe Ruth’ leapt from the Los Angeles Angels to the cross-town Dodgers, Ohtani ...

Chusei Mannami of the Nippon Ham Fighters hits a grand slam in the fifth inning of a game against the Rakuten Eagles at Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, near Sapporo, on May 10, 2025.

Today/Instagram; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Al Roker and Deborah Roberts had a meet-cute at the Met! The couple dressed to the nines and attended the 2025 Met Gala on Monday, May 5, but not together.

“The decision to go to Japan was in the best interest for me and my career,” said Bass, who recently returned from a vacation in Hawaii, a gift the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters gave to their ...

zoom photoChusei Mannami of the Nippon Ham Fighters hits a three-run home run in the eighth inning of a Pacific League baseball game against the Orix Buffaloes at Kyocera Dome Osaka on April 19 ...

It’s been nearly eight years since David Buchanan shut out two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani’s Nippon-Ham Fighters in his first season with the Yakult Swallows of Japan’s Nippon Professional ...

match between the Chiba Lotte Marines and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters from the dugout at ZOZO... This picture taken on April 17, 2022 shows Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki watching the Nippon ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese professional baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham-Fighters announced a series of exhibition games against Taiwanese professional teams, the Uni-Lions and the CTBC Brothers ...

Under the old agreement, the Nippon Ham Fighters, Ohtani’s NPB team, secured a posting fee of $20 million, the maximum allowed at the time. Under this new agreement, MLB teams now have to pay ...

Despite their cute looks, they often display razor sharp ... to the community and sharing local charm. For example, take Nippon Ham’s Brisky the Bear. Over a 15-year period starting in 2006 ...

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have M.L.B. experience. All of them played for the Mets. By Brad Lefton The Japanese phenom is expected to start Sunday ...

He also suited up for the NPB’s Nippon Ham Fighters and Hanshin Tigers, as well as the Hyundai Unicorns of the KBO. Originally Published: July 21, 2024 at 5:13 PM PDT ...