MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently spoke on Mad Dog Radio about how owners understand that the Dodgers have such a unique ...

If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...

The MLB Commissioner reacts to the "explosive" global impact of Los Angeles designated hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani.

Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB’s ...

It's not just Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. There are more Japanese players in MLB this year than you might think.

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers won't have one of their top players when they open the 2025 MLB season Tuesday in Japan. Shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game series against the Chicago ...

But while MLB has become known for its melting pot of backgrounds among players, this diversity may be putting a strain on ...

L.A. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani spoke in a rare interview about playing in front of a home crowd in Japan and what he's ...

There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat, the roars from the Tokyo Dome crowd and the beeps from the credit card machines ...

About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. They came up through Nippon Professional Baseball and ...