San Francisco, perhaps the most Asian American of the country’s large cities, celebrated the Giants third World Series victory in five years, with another parade last week. The
The Boston Red Sox, demonstrating confidence that Koji Uehara’s late-season woes were an aberration and not a harbinger of imminent decline, signed the 39-year-old closer to a two-year, $18 million
TOKYO – High school pitching star Tomohiro Anraku was chosen first overall in Nippon Professional Baseball’s amateur draft on Thursday and was headed to the former team of
Major League Baseball’s World Series will kick off Wednesday morning Japan time at the Kauffman Stadium in Missouri, with Norichika Aoki of the Kansas City Royals slated to become the 12th Japanese
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The moment the Kansas City Royals clinched the American League title, Norichika Aoki raced onto the field to celebrate with his teammates. After the
SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Ishikawa and Michael Morse were not Giants legends before Thursday, but they are now. That’s what this team is: A bunch of guys just
Wei-Yin Chen’s plan heading into Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday was to keep the ball down and pitch as long he could. The
SAN FRANCISCO – The hometown fans got a treat early afternoon in Game 3, as the Giantsput together an excellent two-out rally in the first inning. First, Buster Posey singled, which
With an injury to Yadier Molina looming large, the St. Louis Cardinals evened their National League Championship Series with the San Francisco Giants with a dramatic 5-4 win Sunday night. The Cardinals let go
ST. LOUIS — The Giants began their usual postseason mission to squeeze the life out of another opponent here Saturday. This time, it was the Cardinals. The score
BALTIMORE–Taiwanese pitcher Wei-yin Chen had an uneven outing Friday in his second postseason game in the Major Leagues but the Baltimore Orioles managed to beat the Detroit Tigers
NEW YORK — Daisuke Matsuzaka‘s career will continue next season. But will it go on in Major League Baseball or back in his native Japan? Matsuzaka offered no firm statement
His dream of playing in Major League Baseball on hold for now, South Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min will soon return home after wrapping up his minor league season
Munenori Kawasaki currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays as a shortstop. Originally from Japan, Kawasaki is a pretty good player who bats left, throws right, and has a .294 batting
The MLB-worst Texas Rangers (51-79) have decided to shut down two of their high-profile players for the remainder of the year, while the Kansas City Royals and St.
Felix Hernandez casts a long shadow over opposing batters and his teammates. So it goes when you’re baseball royalty. Two of King Felix’s Seattle Mariners rotation-mates, though, deserve a moment in
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies found out for the first time what most of baseball already knows — Hisashi Iwakuma is pretty darn good. The Phillies came into
Japanese professional baseball may have lost some of its greatest players to the U.S. in recent years — including pitchers Masahiro Tanaka to the New York Yankees and Yu Darvish
St. Louis Cardinals’ Kolten Wong 16 watches his walk-off home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in
Toronto Blue Jays quirky second baseman Munenori Kawasaki proved he is more than just a side-show flashing the leather for an unbelievable web gem. The Japanese rock-star ran
BOSTON — Red Sox closer Koji Uehara was added to the American League All-Star team on Wednesday, replacing New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, who was placed on
Twins pitcher Correia wasn’t as sharp as Mariners righthander Hishashi Iwakuma on Monday. Iwakuma’s pitches dipped, dived and dodged Twins bats for seven shutout innings. He gave up
MINNEAPOLIS — Another year, another Minnesota Twins catcher in the All-Star Game — only this time it’s not Joe Mauer. Kurt Suzuki earned his first All-Star selection of his eight-year career, and it
If Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki plays in next month’s All-Star Game at Target Field, it will likely be a result of the numbers he’s put up offensively — many of which have
OK, so, many will moan that Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka isn’t really a rookie because the 25-year-old pitched seven brilliant seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. But
WASHINGTON (AP) – Yu Darvish struck out 12 over eight innings, Leonys Martin broke open a scoreless duel with a homer in the seventh and the Texas Rangers
Click here to see video of Yu Darvish “eephus” pitch. Yu Darvish struck out 12 batters Sunday afternoon, but only one of his K’s fluttered like a pretty butterfly over
A Dodgers pitcher came very close to once again doing something special on Monday. One day after Josh Beckett no-hit the Phillies, left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu took a perfect game into the eighth
NEW YORK — With the Mets needing an extra starter on Sunday for a doubleheader, Daisuke Matsuzaka will step into the rotation for a spot start in Game 2. Rafael Montero will