Jackson’s first big league cup of coffee did not go ... to get the righty noticed by the Hiroshima Carp of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He pitched for the Carp for three seasons ...

Apparently, dominant pitching, a Cy Young award, and a sub-3 ERA overseas still aren’t enough to escape baseball’s unofficial ...

Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

Major League Baseball season is fully underway. Such an event might be the time when I’d point out that baseball is ...

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball is ...

But Kyle Kendrick, for a brief moment, thought he wasn’t going to get to be part of this team that will forever be the ...

Just like Major League Baseball, Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is set to kick off this week, beginning this Friday. There are a handful of former Blue Jays playing in the leagues ...

He is coming off his third MVP season in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League, going 15-3 with a 1.67 ERA for the ...

While MLB Opening Day technically took place in Japan last week, the rest of the league will get their first taste of regular ...

Shoki Murakami threw seven innings of one-run ball and Seiya Kinami hit a three-run double, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 7 ...