Chicago Cubs hurler Yu Darvish and Minnesota Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda placed second in voting for Major League Baseball's Cy Young Award in the National...
Updated on November 2 at 12:35 a.m. Gymnastics superstar Kohei Uchimura tested positive for COVID-19 less than two weeks before an upcoming international competition in...
Sixth in a series Before Hideo Nomo baffled batters throughout the 1995 season, he was given a crash course about the Los Angeles Dodgers' way of...
The author is on assignment this weekend, but it’s been a busy month so far. In last week's Japan Sports Notebook, an overview of the...
Nowadays, baseball observers and participants don't expect starting pitchers to go the distance. As the industry standard, complete games are a thing of the...
Fifth in a series It's quite possible that Vin Scully attended more pro baseball games than anyone else in North America between 1950 and 2016. After...
The pandemic-shortened Major League Baseball season wrapped up on Sunday, September 27, and after two action-packed months, the playoff picture is set. Sixteen teams—eight...
In his first two MLB seasons, Shohei Ohtani was a more consistent hitter and produced better numbers at the plate. Now, in this...
Baseball great Tom Seaver, who passed away on August 31 at age 75, left an indelible mark on the game. Considered one of the greatest...
Statistical achievements are difficult to quantify in this global pandemic-shortened MLB season. The sample size is still relatively small. In normal times, teams would...
Fourth in a series It’s been 25 years since Hideo Nomo stepped onto the mound for the first time wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers...
Pitch after pitch, Kenta Maeda baffled Milwaukee Brewers batters on Tuesday, August 18. In one sensational stretch, he struck out a team-record eight straight batters...