In the locker room at loanDepot Park in Miami, Samurai Japan members huddled together, ready to take on the defending champion United States in the final of the World Baseball Classic. Japan ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have Roki Sasaki, but a new Japanese player named Munetaka Murakami is now getting attention.

Fans of the upcoming World Baseball Classic are going to see two versions, depending whether the games are in the United States or Taiwan, or in Japan. In the United States and Taiwan ...

The Italian American Baseball Foundation announced Ned Colletti as Team Italy’s general manager for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Colletti’s hiring was annou ...

The 2023 World Baseball Classic was a resounding success as evident in attendance, viewership, and merchandise sales. It also didn’t hurt to have the United States and Japan battle to the bitter ...

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In sports, few decisions are as emotionally charged as choosing which nation to represent on the world stage, a dilemma ...

Earlier this offseason, the Baltimore Orioles signed Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano to a one-year deal. Sugano figures ...

The World Baseball Classic has been great fun since it began ... with Shohei Ohtani striking out Mike Trout to give Japan the championship, was great theater: Today, Major League Baseball ...

bringing arguably the hardest fastball Japan has ever seen. Sasaki has reached as high as 102.5 mph, albeit during a warmup game for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. For reference, the highest ...