Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were once again overlooked for the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday while former slugging infielder Jeff Kent was elected to Cooperstown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/08/baseball/mlb/bonds-clemens-hall-of-fame-miss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #barrybonds #rogerclemens #jeffkent #nationalbaseballhalloffame
Hiroto Fuku, a 33-year-old Japanese professional baseball pitcher, has cut his hair, which he had grown for three years, and donated it for wigs for children who lost their hair due chiefly to cancer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/03/baseball/hiroto-fuku-hair-donation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #hirotofuku #chunichidragons
Free-agent right-hander Dylan Cease has agreed to a seven-year, $210 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/27/baseball/mlb/cease-blue-jays-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #dylancease #torontobluejays #sandiegopadres
Veteran pitcher Kenta Maeda is returning to Japan, with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announcing Wednesday that they have signed the 37-year-old former Los Angeles Dodgers standout. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/26/baseball/japanese-baseball/kenta-maeda-rakuten-eagles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #japanesebaseball #kentamaeda #tohokurakutengoldeneagles
Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani is planning on joining Samurai Japan to play in next year’s World Baseball Classic, much to the delight of his fans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/25/baseball/shohei-ohtani-wbc-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #shoheiohtani #worldbaseballclassic
You never know what toddlers are thinking about how the world works. Told my daughter last night that New York was playing in the women’s soccer championship against Washington DC, and asked her who we were going to cheer for. She said “Giancarlo.” So then I had to differentiate baseball from soccer, and the Yankees from Gotham FC, and then explain the concept of women’s sports. But she thought Giancarlo Stanton was just a general representative of New York in all athletic endeavors. #NYC #Baseball #Soccer #NWSL #GothamFC #Yankees
Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ Munetaka Murakami headlines a list of players who could move to MLB through the posting system this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/20/baseball/mlb/mlb-posting-system-candidates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #munetakamurakami #tatsuyaimai #konatakahashi #kazumaokamoto
MLB on Wednesday announced a new three-year television deal with ESPN, NBC Universal and Netflix that runs through 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/20/baseball/mlb/mlb-new-media-deals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #mlb #espn #netflix #nbc #mediarights
For Samurai Japan, the chance to play with the pitch clock and PitchCom — neither of which is used in NPB — was the main takeaway in its two-game series against South Korea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/17/baseball/samurai-japan-wbc-warmup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #samuraijapan #2026worldbaseballclassic #hirokazuibata #shoheiohtani
Japanese baseball fans hailed Shohei Ohtani's fourth unanimous MVP Award on Friday, calling the Los Angeles Dodgers star a source of national pride and welcome good news amid the economic gloom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/14/baseball/mlb/japan-pride-over-shohei-ohtani-mvp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #shoheiohtani #losangelesdodgers #japan
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/14/baseball/mlb/ohtani-wins-nl-mvp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #shoheiohtani
Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Ben Cherington told reporters at MLB's general managers meetings this week in Las Vegas that Skenes "is going to be a Pirate in 2026." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/13/baseball/mlb/skenes-remains-with-pirates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #paulskenes #pittsburghpirates
Tarik Skubal won his second consecutive American League Cy Young Award, while Paul Skenes was the was the unanimous choice in the NL. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/13/baseball/mlb/skubal-skenes-win-cy-young-awards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #detroittigers #tarikskubal #cyyoungaward #pittsburghpirates #paulskenes
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki of the Los Angeles Dodgers generated an estimated economic impact of over ¥132.8 billion during the 2025 postseason, a recent report has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/12/baseball/mlb/dodgers-otani-yamamoto-sasaki-economic-impact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #shoheiohtani #yoshinobuyamamoto #rokisasaki #baseball #losangelesdodgers
Right-hander Tatsuya Imai is entering the Major League Baseball free agency window, the Seibu Lions have confirmed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/11/baseball/mlb/tatsuya-imai-mlb-posting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #tatsuyaimai
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted Sunday in New York on federal charges involving rigged bets on individual pitches in MLB games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/10/baseball/mlb/mlb-pitchers-indicted-pitch-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #gambling #clevelandguardians #emmanuelclase #luisortiz
Feverish interest in Game 7 of the World Series produced giant ratings for Fox Sports, which revealed Tuesday that 27.3 million viewers across the United States tuned into the championship decider. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/05/baseball/world-series-viewing-figures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #worldseries #torontobluejays #losangelesdodgers
San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish said Tuesday he will miss the entire 2026 Major League Baseball season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon and an internal brace in his pitching elbow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/05/baseball/yu-darvish-elbow-surgery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #yudarvish #sandiegopadres
Dodgers fans enjoyed a parade through downtown Los Angeles on Monday, as Shohei Ohtani teased the possibility of a 'three-peat.' https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/04/baseball/mlb/ohtani-la-dodgers-parade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #losangelesdodgers #torontobluejays #worldseries #yoshinobuyamamoto #shoheiohtani #losangeles
One day after the Toronto Blue Jays lost in the World Series, longtime shortstop Bo Bichette was one of the 137 major leaguers who became free agents on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/03/baseball/mlb/bichette-mlb-free-agents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #bobichette #torontobluejays #kyleschwarber #kyletucker
