Team Japan opens their WBC campaign against Chinese Taipei Friday at 2:00 a.m. PT, and are looking to get off to a strong start with their best pitcher out on the mound. Yamamoto pitched similarly ...

In Samurai Japan’s first game of this World Baseball Classic, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was unsettled by a formidable offense. His own. Japan scored 10 runs in the second inning of its 13-0 mercy-rule ...

More than three months late--and with no Max Scherzer blocking his way--Japanese Consul General Mikio Mori finally threw out ...

February 23 - Shohei Ohtani exited spring training camp with a virtual handle-with-care tag as the Dodgers' two-way star commits his talents to helping Japan win a fourth World Baseball Classic. Well, ...

Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic as he prepares to return to two-way duties full-time in the majors. But Ohtani, in a media availability with reporters that aired ...