Some of the hats in the just-launched lineup of New Era Major League Baseball caps have accidentally become collector's items – because they can be read as being naughty. The motif for the new ...

Shimizu arrived in Tokyo as part of a tour run by JapanBall, a business founded in 1999 that arranges travel for fans interested in seeing the country’s top league, Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hopefully you can take some insight from here into your own salary cap drafts over the next few weeks as we creep closer to Opening Day. 2025 Fantasy Baseball First Base (1B) Draft Rankings Our ...

What the four exhibition games between the MLB and NPB clubs over the weekend showed, however, is that the well of talent in Japan runs deeper than the nation’s big leaguers. In a time of both ...

Mombetsu, a 20-year-old left-hander who has not won a game in his seven-game NPB career, shut down a Chicago lineup that included Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki at Tokyo Dome. The Cubs managed only ...

“Heroes of the Game” transforms baseball stars into anime athletes with seeming superpowers. Wieden+Kennedy (W+K), the league’s creative agency partner for the campaign, worked with Passion ...

On Friday, March 14th I entered my first official salary cap draft of the 2025 fantasy baseball season – a $150 Online Auction Championship at the NFBC. For those that are not familiar, it’s a 15-team ...

They came up through Nippon Professional Baseball and waited for free agency under the Japanese system, or were allowed to go earlier by their clubs. Get top local stories in Southern California ...

Take Tuesday night’s game between the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks as an example. In the second inning, YES color commentator Paul O’Neill got a look at the cleats of Jazz Chisholm Jr.

it’s clear that Eiichiro Oda’s shonen franchise has become a hit for Major League Baseball. Luckily, thanks to anime’s rising popularity, we expect to see more of the Straw Hats and their ...

Last year, it was by accident. This year, it was on purpose. Salary cap drafts -- otherwise known as auctions -- are often pitched as opportunities to gather up all of your favorite players on a ...