The undisputed giants of the NPB (no pun intended…) Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo the Giants have won a record 22 Japan Series and have 39 Central League pennants to their name. This success and their public ...

If you are a baseball fan, then there is one thing you might not have missed recently—the torpedo bats. The post Big ...

After a professional career that spanned 17 years, veteran right-hander Jay Jackson is hanging up his glove. Robert Murray of FanSided reported this afternoon that Jackson is retiring from his ...

MLB also has had a long connection to the country, dating back to barnstorming games that saw players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig play in exhibition games in Japan to the now deeper relationship ...

Masterpress/Getty Share TOKYO — Cubs reliever Julian Merryweather had heard about Nippon Professional Baseball fans’ enthusiasm, but he didn’t know exactly what to expect. With the team ...

Anyone who knew the history of sports in Japan might have expected the fans in the room to reply, “Play in Nippon Professional Baseball.” ...

Nippon Professional Baseball says local interest remains high ... local support and cited “improved game production and fan service” as another factor in boosting attendance.

On the morning of the second and final game of Major League Baseball's Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 19, a dusting of snow fell on Japan's capital city ...