Ohtani tossed a scoreless first inning and earned the victory. He also went 0-for-2 as the American League’s starting designated hitter.
Swimmer Mark Spitz’s praise for fellow Olympic legend Michael Phelps several years ago and judoka great Tadahiro Nomura’s current support for Teddy Riner are vivid examples.
The Los Angeles Angels star hits his 32nd homer of the season to surpass Godzilla's mark set in 2004, and continues on a torrid hitting tear.
Protesters ignore Major League Baseball, Wimbledon, and the Euro 2020 soccer tournament, which are all happening in the U.S. and the U.K, despite their higher number...
"Even the non-baseball fan can really latch onto this and become interested." ーLos Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon
"I feel a great responsibility being appointed captain of the Japanese delegation to the Olympics held in our own nation.”
The Angels star is the first Japanese player to be chosen as an All-Star starter since Ichiro Suzuki in 2010.
The 2020 National League Cy Young Award runner-up is showing that he is one of the best top-of-the-rotation pitchers in the game.
The two-way star smashed six home runs in seven games from June 14-20 and collected his third victory of the season. Ohtani received the award for...
"It was baseball, a quintessentially American sport, that gave me my first true connection to Japan and its people," Robert Whiting reveals.
Japan, the defending Olympic men's gymnastics team champion, will compete at the Tokyo Games with four Olympic debutantes, Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Wataru Tanigawa and Takeru...
Hirano is poised to become Japan's fifth athlete to appear in the Winter Games and Summer Games. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto was one of the...
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