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NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. – Shota Imanaga struck out six over three scoreless innings and four relievers completed a four-hitter as Samurai Japan completed its two-game series against Canada with a 3-0 win. The win at Okinawa Cellular Field earned a series split before the two teams kick off their Premier […]

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – Mike Matheny walked through the doors of Kauffman Stadium a year ago to take a job as a special adviser with the Kansas City Royals, an out-of-the-spotlight position that allowed him to take stock of his career and his shortcomings. He had been fired by the […]

ARLINGTON, TEXAS – Hunter Pence has become a free agent after a comeback season with his hometown Texas Rangers. Texas utility infielder Logan Forsythe and retiring right-handed pitcher Edinson Vólquez also became free agents Thursday, a day after the World Series ended. Relievers Shawn Kelley and Nate Jones, along with […]

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. – Canada drew first blood in a two-game exhibition series against Japan on Thursday, jumping on starter Shun Yamaguchi for an early lead before holding on for a 6-5 victory. Canadian starter Phillippe Aumont got the win in the series opener at Okinawa Cellular Stadium after throwing […]

NEW YORK – Ron Fairly, a two-time All-Star during his 21-year playing career and a longtime broadcaster for three teams with a folksy style of calling games, has died. He was 81. The Seattle Mariners announced his death on Wednesday. Fairly spent 50 years in baseball as a player and […]

It’s awards season in Japanese baseball and just like at the end of the actual season, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are front and center. Four players from the recently crowned three-time defending Japan Series champions, the most of any team, were recognized on Thursday when the winners of the 48th […]

HOUSTON – Almost out of contention in May, champs in October. Howie Kendrick, Anthony Rendon and the Washington Nationals completed their amazing comeback journey — fittingly with one final, late rally on the road. In Game 7 of the World Series, no less. Kendrick and Rendon homered in the seventh […]

HOUSTON – This is Max Scherzer’s shot. Hurting so much over the weekend that it seemed his season might be over, Mad Max instead gets the ball for a final time — in Game 7 of the World Series. “That’s what you live for,” the Washington Nationals ace said. Baseball […]

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will change the name of their baseball stadium to the PayPay Dome next season, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. SoftBank Group Corp., the largest shareholder of smartphone payment app provider PayPay Corp., hopes to promote its subsidiary’s cashless services by leveraging the baseball team’s […]

HOUSTON – Alex Bregman knocked a home run into the Crawford Boxes in the first inning of Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night to put Houston on top. Then he carried his bat with him all the way to first base. After the Washington Nationals rallied for […]