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NPB Follows in MLB’s Footsteps to Bring a Massive Revolution in Japanese Baseball, Favoring Hitters
And now NPB leadership is actually, officially considering the exact same base-enlarging idea. The news was confirmed by ...
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Baseball's date of birth in Japan may have come in 1860s
When did baseball begin in Japan? Its date of birth seems to have been pushed back yet again. It was long thought that ...
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The origins of baseball in Japan
In 1871, a farmer and Civil War veteran from Gorham, Maine, named Horace Wilson, was recruited to teach in Japan as part of ...
Dodgers collaborate with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami on merchandise again. Here’s how to get it
The overwhelming popularity of artist Takashi Murakami's MLB Tokyo Series merchandise has fueled another round of colorful ...
‘The world is watching’: Japan’s Ayami Sato becomes 1st woman to play for a Canadian pro men’s baseball league
History was made in Toronto as one of the best female baseball players in the history of the sport became the first woman to ...
Takashi Murakami Teams With Complex and MLB on a New L.A. Dodgers Collab for Japanese Heritage Night: “It Makes Me Very Happy”
The Japanese artist will also throw the first pitch at the L.A. team's game against the Miami Marlins — here's when his new ...
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What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country’s pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and ...