The Nippon Professional Baseball logo. OSAKA -- The association for players in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has asked the organization not to impose penalties, such as suspensions ...

In a sea of blue Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs hats, a few red hats resembling the Cincinnati Reds' signature "C" logo ... Asian professional baseball teams, as they compete in Nippon ...

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs jogs to first base after drawing a walk in the first ... run double in the bottom of the fifth. Nippon Professional Baseball's season begins on March 28.

Betts did not play in Saturday’s 5-1 exhibition win over the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league ... a loud ovation before drawing a full-count walk.

Professional baseball across the Pacific has a history that also involves Hawaiʻi. Before former Cubs outfielder Kosuke ...

The biggest draw, of course, was three-time MVP ... Although Japan has had its own league, Nippon Professional Baseball, for decades, some fans are more taken by seeing homegrown stars shine ...

World Series-winning Dodgers, with high-profile Japanese player Shohei Ohtani, are of particular interest to the Japanese market.

As you can see in the video below, the Nintendo logo will appear on the left sleeve of players' jerseys this year. The ...

About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...

Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, said Monday that a total of 16 players of eight teams, including Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka ...