Takuto Kawakami reportedly underwent emergency surgery after being hit with a bat that escaped a batter's hand during an ...

Japanese baseball umpire Takuto Kawakami remains unconscious two weeks after being struck in the head by a flying bat during his debut as a home plate umpire. The 30-year-old underwent emergency ...

A Japanese professional baseball umpire who was struck on the head by a bat during a game two weeks ago is still unconscious, ...

Shohei Ohtani is a once-in-a-lifetime talent with the ability to rake and hit bombs at the plate and the arm to dice up Major ...

Masanori Murakami travelled to San Francisco 61 years ago this month on his way to becoming the first Japanese player in ...

Translation from Japanese to English: Play ball! Baseball has long been the national pastime in the United States, but it’s Japan that has dominated the sport on a global level at the World Baseball ...

Every four years, athletes across the world converge for the World Baseball Classic. While the United States’ legacy in baseball is storied, one of its fiercest rivals on the international stage is ...

After having their lives taken away and being sent to prisons around the country, Japanese Americans used baseball to find ...