Baseball

A five-hour negotiating session Monday between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association produced no tangible results toward resolving the ongoing lockout, according to multiple media reports. The sides met at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, the spring training home of the Miami Marlins and […]

Major League Baseball has asked for a federal mediator to help resolve a two-month contract dispute with the MLB Players Association, one which threatens to disrupt the start of preseason workouts. A report on the MLB website said Thursday that the league has turned to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation […]

Spring training for the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams got under way on Tuesday, with fans watching the action in ballparks for the first time in two years. Last year, fans were shut out during spring training because of COVID-19 precautions, but this year teams are allowing fans to return […]

Amid the fury of the sixth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Japan’s 12 NPB teams will open their spring training camps on Tuesday in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures, where locals are hoping the game can bring an economic upturn. With the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, the sense […]

The San Francisco Giants praised the “generational talent” of Barry Bonds on Tuesday after the home run king was not elected to the Hall of Fame in his final year of eligibility on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) ballot. Bonds hit a record 762 home runs, won seven […]

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the lone player to earn induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday in balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Ortiz received 307 of the 394 votes (77.9%) in his first season on the ballot. That was slightly […]

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the lone player to earn induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday in balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Ortiz received 307 of the 394 votes (77.9%) in his first season on the ballot. That was slightly […]

Tsuyoshi Shinjo was not completely satisfied with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters’ updated look following the team’s big reveal of its new uniforms and logo on Friday. The redesign drew mixed initial reviews from baseball fans and the Fighters manager, who accentuated the new look with bright red wristbands during […]

Wladimir Balentien, Japan’s single-season home run record holder, has retired from Japanese baseball, according to a tweet from his Twitter account on Sunday. “Today I wanna announce to all my fans in Japan that I’m retiring from (Japanese) baseball, wanna thank the swallows for the opportunity to play in Japan,” […]

The signs of baseball spring are popping up all across Japan this month. Veteran players are emerging from winter vacations and ramping up their individual workouts for the upcoming season. Rookies are stirring too, with some with their teams taking part in voluntary individual training that is actually neither voluntary […]