Baseball
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Hideki Matsui holds baseball class in N.Y.
NEW YORK — Hideki Matsui, who played for the Yomiuri Giants and the New York Yankees, held a basebal...
August 7, 2022
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Angels blow late lead, rally in 10th for 4-3 win over M’s
SEATTLE (AP) — A night after hitting seven home runs and losing, the Los Angeles Angels needed just ...
August 6, 2022
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Koshien tournament starts with no limits on spectators
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo — With no restrictions on attendance for the first time in three years but some c...
August 6, 2022
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Angels tie MLB record with 7 solo HRs but lose to Athletics
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In a season that has turned into a titanic struggle for the Los Angeles Angel...
August 5, 2022
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Los Angeles mourning death of Dodgers’ Vin Scully
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitch Hammontree stood back and gazed at the flowers, candles and handwritten mes...
August 4, 2022
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Yakult’s Murakami sets record with HRs in 5 straight at-bats
Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows set a Nippon Professional Baseball record by finishin...
August 3, 2022
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Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack o...
August 3, 2022
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Yanagita earns MVP as Pacific sweeps series
Another big blast helped the Pacific League sweep the two-game All-Star series against the Central L...
July 28, 2022
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Kiyomiya caps 1st All-Star outing with ‘sayonara’ HR
For the first time in three years, there were no restrictions on attendance for Japan pro baseball’...
July 27, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani homers, Angels shut down Royals in 6-0 victory
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani fanned on three pitches during his first at-bat ag...
July 27, 2022
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Ohtani belts 20th homer, but Angels lose 5th straight
Los Angeles Angels two-way All-Star Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-4, one of the hits his 20th home run of...
July 24, 2022
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Feeble much of night, Braves erupt for 8-1 win over Ohtani
ATLANTA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani threw six dominant innings, only to surrender homers to Matt Olson and ...
July 23, 2022
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Ex-Keidanren chief Sakakibara to become next NPB commissioner
Kansai Electric Power Co. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara, a former president of Toray Industries Inc. ...
July 22, 2022
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Single sensation
The American League’s Shohei Ohtani leads off the MLB All-Star Game with a single to center off Nati...
July 20, 2022
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Ohtani opts out of the Home Run Derby
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani, who will be making his second appearance in...
July 15, 2022
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