Baseball

Mike Trout smashed a three-run home run as the United States bounced back from its shock defeat to Mexico to rout Canada 12-1 in their World Baseball Classic pool game on Monday. The star-studded U.S. team was left reeling on Sunday after an 11-5 drubbing by Mexico that left the […]

The Yokohama DeNA BayStars have signed former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, who was suspended by Major League Baseball in 2022 following allegations of sexual assault, the team announced Tuesday. The BayStars made an official announcement around 9 a.m. News of the signing had been reported by various media […]

Australia’s national baseball team has already been in Japan for over two weeks. Its stay was extended for a few days on Monday afternoon, thanks to some clutching hitting by Logan Wade. Wade connected on a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning, and Australia’s best-ever run at the World […]

Shohei Ohtani helped Samurai Japan script a perfect ending to a perfect first round at the World Baseball Classic. Ohtani hit a three-run home run in the top of the first inning, Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated on the mound and Japan defeated Australia 7-1 in front of a crowd of 41,664 […]

Samurai Japan advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic courtesy of South Korea’s 7-3 victory over the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome on Sunday afternoon. Japan defeated Pool B rivals China, South Korea and the Czech Republic in its first three games and will earn one of the […]

Marek Minarik led the Czech Republic’s Extraliga with 139 strikeouts in 2021. Minarik, a big man at 201 cm and 102 kg, also hit 14 home runs that season, the most in the league. Naturally, he’s often referred to as the “Czech Shohei Ohtani.” In a time of both misinformation […]

Over 46,000 fans watched Roki Sasaki pitch in the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night. The fans cheered every strikeout and murmurs of astonishment shot through the crowd each time Sasaki’s pitches reached 161 kph (100 mph) or above on the radar gun. There were also cheers […]

Australia manager Dave Nilsson is going to spend his night enjoying another big win by his team at the World Baseball Classic. He plans to spend some time with his family and maybe have a nice dinner. Samurai Japan can wait — for now. Nilsson’s team earned its second straight […]

Kensuke Kondo can get lost in the shuffle sometimes. As the No. 2 batter for Samurai Japan at the World Baseball Classic, Kondo is hitting behind leadoff man Lars Nootbaar, an MLB player who has quickly become one of the most popular players on the team. Shohei Ohtani bats behind […]

Masataka Yoshida made the unprecedented move by a Japanese player to leave his first MLB spring training to compete in the World Baseball Classic. It looks like a good move so far. Yoshida, who has been playing at a high level since leaving spring training with the Boston Red Sox […]