Ohtani Nervous Tokyo

How Topps is using the Tokyo Series to built its passionate baseball card-collecting community in Japan

TOKYO — Steps away from Shibuya Crossing, known as the busiest crosswalk in the world, the Topps logo is branded across the entrance to a building bracketed by images of baseball cards featuring ...

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Chicago Cubs notes from Tokyo: Matthew Boyd’s roots to Japanese baseball — and a healthy Julian Merryweather

TOKYO — Matthew Boyd’s appreciation for baseball’s popularity in Japan and its stars can be traced to his roots. Boyd grew up roughly 30 minutes outside Seattle and became a big Mariners fan when ...

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Dodgers star Mookie Betts won't play in 2 regular season games vs. Cubs in Tokyo because of illness

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs because of an illness that's lingered for the past week. Manager Dave Roberts said ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Paul Sullivan: As the Cubs prepare for the season opener in Japan, a modest proposal to fix the Tokyo Series

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs opened the 2000 season with a two-game series in Tokyo against the New York Mets, it was considered the start of a new era. “I don’t think this is going to be a ‘put ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Tokyo series recap: Dodgers dominate but are there concerns? + AL Central preview | Baseball Bar-B-Cast

In a very special edition of the Bar-B-Cast, Jordan Shusterman joins Jake Mintz in person in the Yahoo NYC studio to record the pod. The two recap the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs and ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

MLB Power Rankings: The top 12 hitting duos for the 2025 season

Lindor and Soto? Ohtani and Betts? We're spoiled

CBS Sports - Mar. 10

‘Go Cubs Go’ plays at Tokyo Dome after Cubs’ 4-2 win. Up next: Opening day vs. Dodgers.

TOKYO — Chicago Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd stays focused on checking all the boxes. Keeping his delivery sound. Staying behind the baseball. Driving down on the pitch. And in Sunday’s unique ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Online Influencer Is Killed While Livestreaming in Tokyo

Police in Japan have charged a man with the murder, saying he was a follower who had tracked her location by the buildings behind her as she filmed herself.

The New York Times - Mar. 12

YouTuber stabbed to death as she livestreamed on Tokyo street

Airi Sato, 22, was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries after the attacker stabbed her repeatedly in her upper body, police said, and was later pronounced dead.

CBS News - 6d

MLB's Tokyo Series a Hit with Fans and Collectors

The MLB's authentication process and a rare copy of a T206 Honus Wagner card hitting the auction block headline a busy week in collectibles

Yahoo Sports - 11h

Fortnite announces Shohei Ohtani as first MLB player available in-game

The Dodgers star will be added to the Fortnite shop starting March 17 and includes multiple styles.

ESPN - Mar. 10

Ohtani and the Dodgers keep the Cubs and their rich history in the shadows in Japan

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships. Dodgers fans easily outnumber ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Shohei Ohtani's home run in Japan should have been called a double

This shouldn't have been declared a home run after review.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Ohtani and the Dodgers keep the Cubs and their rich history in the shadows in Japan

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships

ABC News - 1d

Inflation worries resurfaced even before Trump ramped up tariffs. Don’t expect angst to go away.

Wall Street was already nervous about a potential rise in inflation because of President Trump’s tariffs — and the last thing investors want to see is another disappointing reading on prices even ...

MarketWatch - Mar. 11

Fulham 2-0 Tottenham - the fans' verdict

Bob: I listened on the radio and was nervous that we didn't put Spurs to the sword in the first half. Muniz again finished well, and Sessegnon - who when at Spurs just couldn't get going - comes ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

WATCH: Cubs' Seiya Suzuki uses samurai sword to slice through pitches in batting practice

Suzuki steeled himself in preparation for the Tokyo Series between the Cubs and Dodgers

CBS Sports - Mar. 13

Trump tariff uncertainty pushes BoJ to hold rates

Risk of potential US downturn weighs on Tokyo’s hope for economic revival

Financial Times - 1d

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki set for MLB debut: Four things to know about Japanese righty ahead of first outing

Sasaki will make his major-league debut in Tokyo against the Cubs on Wednesday

CBS Sports - 1d

Survivors of Tokyo bombing 80 years ago want compensation

Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the Japanese capital

ABC News - Mar. 9

Eighty years since the Tokyo firebombing, survivors are still awaiting recognition

More people were killed in the 1945 attack than the atomic bombing of Nagasaki a few months later, but there is no national memorial, accurate death toll or compensation for survivors. . Not even ...

The Guardian - Mar. 10

Yoshinobu Yamamoto stays in line to pitch opening day for the Dodgers in Tokyo

Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his fourth and final Cactus League appearance Monday, throwing 75 pitches over five innings, giving up a run on four hits and striking out seven.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 10

The Dodgers Beat the Cubs to Win M.L.B.’s First Game of 2025 in Tokyo

The Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five innings of one-run ball to earn a win.

The New York Times - 2d

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turned down Blue Jays extension offer of more than $500 million (with deferrals): Report

The Blue Jays star apparently wanted more present-day money than Shohei Ohtani.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 12

Baseball was in need of revitalization. Japanese stars are giving America's pastime a lifeline.

Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Shota Imanaga are transforming Major League Baseball and its fans — and the future of the game.

NBC News - 5d

Japan Is Obsessed With Baseball. M.L.B. Sees a Massive Business Opportunity.

M.L.B. has had a consistent presence in the country for more than 25 years, but Shohei Ohtani has become its accelerator.

The New York Times - 2d

2025 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Rotoworld Top 300 overall headlined by Witt, Ohtani, Judge, De La Cruz

Injuries are pushing Gerrit Cole, George Kirby, and Grayson Rodriguez down the board.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 8

Fantasy Baseball Busts 2.0: Shohei Ohtani's pitching side may be a source of Fantasy frustration

Plus, find out why Chris Towers has added Garrett Crochet to his latest busts list

CBS Sports - Mar. 12

From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball 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 Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese players in Major League Baseball is at a high point

ABC News - 4d

Ranking MLB's top 100 players in 2025: Shohei Ohtani is No. 1, but how do baseball's other stars stack up?

Who will be the best players in the upcoming season? Let's rank the top 100 before Opening Day

CBS Sports - 2d

Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto expected to be first MLB players to earn $100M in a single year, with a unique caveat

The two superstars are going to bank historic money this year

CBS Sports - 1d

Thanks to Shohei Ohtani, MLB enjoys huge success in Japan and has momentum heading into 2025 season

The 2025 season couldn’t have had a much better start for the sport, which showcased its international appeal over the past week in Japan.

Yahoo Sports - 8h

Opening day on an international stage awaits Cubs’ Shota Imanaga: ‘Really want to think about this moment’

TOKYO — In the largely empty Tokyo Dome, Shota Imanaga stood on the mound during the Chicago Cubs’ workout Monday afternoon to get a sense of what he would feel in a much livelier atmosphere ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Police in Japan arrest man in fatal knife attack on a YouTuber during livestreaming

Police in Japan said Friday that they had arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a YouTuber while she was livestreaming on a downtown Tokyo street.

NBC News - 6d