The overwhelming popularity of artist Takashi Murakami's MLB Tokyo Series merchandise has fueled another round of colorful ...

MLB balls are rubbed with mud while sand is applied to NPB balls to reduce gloss before games. Japan’s Official Baseball Rules specify that the “umpire should inspect balls to confirm their ...

Enthusiastic, agile, courteous and inquisitive, Japanese ball players are not yet as good as U. S. minor leaguers, but could trounce many a U. S. college team. U. S. baseball missionaries are more ...

The Dodgers already lead Major League Baseball in collecting superstar Japanese players. Now they're looking to add a bilingual star to their baseball operation ...

OSAKA -- A Japanese startup whose app can track and analyze baseball pitches has assembled ... The app can also track the launch angle of a batted ball if the phone camera is pointed at the ...

When I was a kid, it would basically have been unthinkable that Japan would have more viewers for the World Series than where baseball originated. But I’m not sure we should be so surprised.

In an interview, the commissioner said torpedo bats are good and challenges for balls and strikes ... about the population in Japan. They draw 56 million people to baseball games.