Japanese baseball fans are crazy for Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. MLB has a plan to get them to root for every team
Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB’s ...
Dodgers-Cubs opener in Tokyo averages more than 25 million viewers in Japan, a record audience
Tuesday’s first game of the Tokyo Series averaged more than 25 million viewers in Japan according to Major League Baseball, ...
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Column: Nico Hoerner returns to the Chicago Cubs lineup while players from the Tokyo Series recover from jet lag
Following an 0-2 trip in the Tokyo Series, the Chicago Cubs used mostly minor-leaguers Friday in second baseman Nico Hoerner’s 2025 Cactus League debut.
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Record-Setting Tokyo Series Maintains MLB’s World Series Momentum
Viewership records are set in Japan amid rabid fan reception. The post Record-Setting Tokyo Series Maintains MLB’s World ...
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Tokyo Series a record-breaking international event for MLB
Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim which marked the homecoming of reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani along with ...
Fanatics says it had $40 million in Tokyo Series sales, higher than all major sporting events
Japan's rapidly growing interest in MLB helped Fanatics sell more merchandise than it does for events like the World Series ...
‘Proud and honored’: Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs’ first Japanese player, reconnects with team in Tokyo
When Kosuke Fukudome thinks back to his first professional season in Japan, Major League Baseball never felt like an ...
MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...
Thursday's MLB: Thanks to Ohtani, MLB has big momentum heading into season
Ohtani was never implicated in the scandal, and the slugger responded to the turmoil with one of the greatest seasons in MLB ...
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Detroit rock icon shocked to randomly sit next to Bill Murray at Japan MLB game
Former Detroit Lions quarterback, Rodney Peete, who was sitting in the crowd, caught a foul ball out of play as Max Muncy ...
Dodgers had ‘amazing’ time in Japan, but they’re ready to come home
MLB’s global ambassadors enjoyed the unique experience, but they’re eager to sleep in their own beds and get their lineup ...