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.
Continue reading for highlights from Tuesday’s final. 11:19 PM: With epic ending, Shohei Ohtani’s Japan reclaims World Baseball Classic crown MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani did not jog in from the ...
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 ...
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.
The fifth installment of the World Baseball Classic is in the books and Japan, led by the singular ... because it was real life. Here is the final out of the WBC. Ohtani threw two 100 mph ...
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.
Japan took home the gold in 2006 in 2009, then placed third in 2013 and 2017. Team Mexico is playing in its first semifinal in WBC history. This is the furthest Team Mexico has ever gotten into ...
Anson Wainwright compiles the predictions of a group of writers and boxing insiders for the Naoya Inoue-Luis Nery clash ...
But longtime Japanese high school baseball coach Hiroshi Sasaki, who coached both Ohtani and Kikuchi, sees change coming to ...
WBO bantamweight champion Jason Moloney chats about his upcoming world title defence, the unification bouts that could await ...
Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub of ... money we’re going to make,” went the final toast. All the spending has set off ...