TOKYO -- Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling from a period of grief and devastation. A string of wildfires ripped through the greater L.A. region in January, displacing tens of thousands and going down...

The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and its greatest players, connecting the two nations for more than 150 years. Not even Nostradamus himself could have envisioned what would happen in the decades since schoolteacher Horace...

TOKYO -- For all of the attention on the Dodgers' three Japanese stars returning home for the Tokyo Series, there's actually a fourth. "Welcome back to Japan," a reporter said to manager Dave Roberts in English before continuing onto his question at Friday's press conference at the Tokyo Dome Hotel....

TOKYO -- More often than not, Shohei Ohtani finds a way to meet the moment -- so it came as no surprise he gave a packed Tokyo Dome crowd exactly what they came to see on Saturday night. Ohtani crushed a two-run homer to deep right field in the third...

TOKYO -- It had been a few years since Seiya Suzuki heard the raucous chants and songs that Hanshin Tigers fans perform for each hitter in their team’s lineup. On Saturday at the Tokyo Dome, the Cubs outfielder said he got goosebumps experiencing it again, while enjoying seeing his teammates’...

TOKYO – Shortly after Shota Imanaga arrived at Spring Training a year ago, Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy wanted to look at some video with the pitcher. It was time to revisit the home run that Imanaga surrendered to Team USA’s Trea Turner in the ‘23 World Baseball Classic. In...