In "A Baseball Gaijin," author Aaron Fischman deftly chronicles former NPB and MLB player Barnette's career, including six years with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Appearing in just four games for Yomiuri in 2016, Adolis Garcia, a Cuban-born outfielder, resumed his career the next season in North America.
With eight homers in his past 13 games, Shohei Ohtani now leads the American League with 20 round-trippers this season, one more than Aaron Judge.
The San Diego Padres hurler, now in his 17th pro season, joined Hideo Nomo as the only pitchers to amass 3,000 combined strikeouts in NPB and...
The Texas Rangers right-hander allowed three runs in 5⅔ innings against the AL West rival Oakland A’s.
The book highlights Valentine’s lifelong love affair with baseball and shares compelling tales from his decades as a player, coach and manager.
The third-year pro leads the Japanese professional women's tour with eight victories this season.
Arihara, who joined the Rangers in the offseason, is expected to be sidelined for three months following surgery.
Ohtani's powerful swing produced "the hardest-hit ball in the majors so far this season," the Los Angeles Daily News reported.
The 25-year-old Ehime Prefecture native completed the race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 56 seconds. He shattered his previous personal-best time by more than 5 minutes.
~~ The year is less than two weeks old, and already the global COVID-19 pandemic has made a major impact on what's happening in Japanese sports....
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...