Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...
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Why Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki’s MLB deal could spur chaos in Latin America
Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency ...
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Bananas, baseball and headaches--counting the cost of Tokyo’s Olympic delay
“It has to be one or the other.” Jingu Baseball Stadium, home to Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional team, was slated to be used to store equipment by organizers during the Olympics, a Swallows ...
Dodgers to sign Japanese star Roki Sasaki in yet another free-agency victory for L.A.
The Dodgers pull off another big win in free agency, signing Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki to bolster their already ...
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Ichiro, the Japanese Hall of Famer who helped redefine baseball
Ichiro Suzuki is the Japanese Zen master who was so dedicated to baseball that he carried his bats in a moisture-proof case ...
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Top prospect Shotaro Morii bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...