Kazuhiro Sasaki is One of Many Japanese Players to Have Big Impact on Seattle Mariners
The Major League Baseball season officially kicks off Tuesday morning as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs meet in ...
What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...
Japan’s rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Mariners, the impact of Japanese players is as ...
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Roki Sasaki Finds Comfort in Japanese Fans’ Unwavering Support Amid MLB Debut Nerves
Some moments in life simply feel destined. The post Roki Sasaki Finds Comfort in Japanese Fans’ Unwavering Support Amid MLB ...
‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...
What rival teams saw as 'driving force' behind Dodgers' Roki Sasaki signing
After weighing his options, Roki Sasaki ultimately signed with the Dodgers, but the way it happened rubbed some teams the ...
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Roki Sasaki’s Spring Debut Stuns $6.5M Teammate as He Resorts to Japanese in Ultimate Praise
What Roki Sasaki did in his debut in the Cactus League against the Cincinnati Reds went beyond everyone's expectations – he ...
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Sasaki a symbol of hope for people of Japan
Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling ...
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Dodgers' Japanese trio of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki captivate homeland in MLB Tokyo Series
The moment Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki set foot in Japan for MLB's Tokyo series, their homeland ...
Dodgers Already Focused on Adding More Japanese Talent, Says Exec
The Los Angeles Dodgers have three of the biggest stars to ever come out of Japan in Roki Sasaki, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Shohei Ohtani. The trio will each play ...
MLB Tokyo Series 2025: Ohtani, Yamamoto, Sasaki and all the Japanese players on Dodgers and Cubs rosters
The MLB Opening Day is about to start where the champion team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, will open the 2025 season in Japan with the "Tokyo Series" on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesda ...
Attention on Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani ‘different than any one of our other players’
The crowds at Tokyo Dome go silent for Ohtani’s at-bats then erupt in cheers for anything he does, but he seems largely ...