Munetaka Murakami picked an ideal time to break out of his World Baseball Classic funk ... Mexico on March 20 that propelled Samurai Japan into the final against the United States.
The two-way superstar’s once-in-a-century skillset led Japan over the US to a World ... levels of popularity Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic final between the US and Japan may have been ...
Japan, which won the first two WBCs in 2006 and 2009, advanced to its third WBC final and will face the United ... Urias belted a three-run home run into the left field seats.
Cheers erupted across Japan as the Samurai Japan’s victory over Team USA in the World Baseball Classic final in Miami sent fans in homes, ballparks and public viewing locales into ecstasy. The ...
Ahead of what has been called the biggest event in the history of Japanese boxing, International Boxing Hall of Fame ...
Shohei Ohtani told Japanese reporters Sunday that he would be available only to pitch out of the bullpen in the World Baseball Classic final Tuesday should Japan beat Mexico in the semifinals.
Jason Moloney's desperate attempts for a final-second knockout fall short, the Australian losing his WBO bantamweight world boxing title to Japanese upstart Yoshiki Takei in Tokyo.
Here are our takeaways from USA's win over Great Britain and here's everything you need to know about the rest of Saturday's and Sunday's WBC action. The Dominican Republic came into the WBC ...
I don’t know what I was expecting, but it’s fair to say I wasn’t expecting that. The pitch of the cheers was different, the weigh-ins, the pageantry, the respect, the routines, it was all different.
Vasiliy Lomachenko has claimed the vacant IBF lightweight world title with a one-sided TKO victory over George Kambosos in ...
13. And though he surpassed Oh with No. 56 in his final at-bat, Murakami struggled early in 2023 -- with the exception of two critical hits that led to Japan's World Baseball Classic championship.
The 30-year-old Imanaga, who got the win for Japan in last year’s World Baseball Classic final against the United ... and Jameson Taillon penciled into their rotation. Cody Bellinger is a ...