Baseball / MLB Jul 27, 2020
Angels' Shohei Ohtani fails to record an out in first start since 2018
Ohtani allowed the first six Oakland batters to reach base before his day was done after 30 pitches.
Baseball / MLB May 2, 2020
Japan's MLB stars in limbo with everyone else as pandemic plays out
Japan's major leaguers are playing the waiting game while MLB looks for a way to start its season
Baseball / MLB Feb 11, 2020
Twins finalize deal to acquire pitcher Kenta Maeda from Dodgers
The Minnesota Twins said Monday they have officially acquired Kenta Maeda from the Los Angeles Dodgers after a reported three-team trade involving the Boston Red Sox was reconfigured into two separate deals. The Dodgers are sending the veteran right-hander, catching prospect Jair Camargo and ...
Baseball / MLB Jul 25, 2019
Two-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka threw the ceremonial first pitch prior to Wednesday's Los Angeles Dodgers-Los Angeles Angels game. While she said she was nervous and lacked practice ahead of the pitch, the world No. 2 women's singles player, threw the ball to ...
Baseball / MLB Dec 27, 2018
Shohei Ohtani's historic big league debut wasn't the only story coming out of the majors this year, but it often seemed like it. The ups and downs of the hard-hitting, hard-throwing American League Rookie of the Year captured imaginations on both sides of the Pacific, ...
Baseball / MLB Dec 12, 2018
Kenta Maeda will return to Dodgers' starting rotation in 2019
Kenta Maeda will return to the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting rotation next season, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. Speaking at Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings, Roberts said the Japanese right-hander would be used as a starter after being moved into a bullpen role for the ...
Baseball Nov 13, 2018
Samurai Japan stages another ninth-inning comeback victory against MLB All-Stars
Samurai Japan small-balled its way to a 5-3 win over the MLB All-Stars in Tuesday's Game 4 of the Japan All-Star Series, dampening Kenta Maeda's return to his former home park. For the second time in the six-game series, Samurai Japan overcame a two-run ninth-inning ...
Baseball / MLB Nov 11, 2018
Kenta Maeda to pitch against Samurai Japan on Tuesday
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Right-handed pitcher Kenta Maeda will toss in a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey — but on a familiar mound at Mazda Stadium, the home of his former club Hiroshima Carp in Game 4 of the MLB Japan All-Star Series on Tuesday night. Organizers announced the starting ...
