JAPAN NEWS

Grinding His Way to International Stardom Lars Nootbaar, a high-energy outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, was the first player born outside Japan to play for its national team....

APRIL 7, 2023 • NYTIMES.COM

Shohei Ohtani tops Forbes' list of MLB's highest-paid players

Shohei Ohtani does not have MLB's richest playing contract, but Forbes estimates he's still the highest-paid player in baseball this season...

MARCH 29, 2023

Shohei Ohtani: WBC title reinforces aim to 'go to the World Series with the Angels' Shohei Ohtani, fresh off leading Japan to win in the World Baseball Classic, said the title strengthened his goal of winning a title with th...

MARCH 25, 2023 • LATIMES.COM

Cardinals' Adam Wainwright headed to IL with groin injury

Adam Wainwright, who was in line for his seventh Opening Day start, will begin his final season on the Cardinals' injured list.

MARCH 23, 2023

Masataka Yoshida Had Three-Word Message For Alex Cora After Returning From WBC Masataka Yoshida relayed an understandable message to Red Sox manager Alex Cora after returning from the World Baseball Classic.

MARCH 23, 2023 • NESN.COM

The numbers behind Roki Sasaki's electric stuff When the World Baseball Classic started, we knew what Roki Sasaki was already doing in Japan. We knew the 21-year-old might be one of the na...

MARCH 23, 2023 • MLB.COM

Is it possible we haven't seen apex Ohtani yet? Based on the sheer magnitude of Shohei Ohtani's contributions these past two seasons, it’s really unfair to expect him to do more. But what...

MARCH 23, 2023 • MLB.COM

After watching from afar as Japan won the World Baseball Classic, Cubs' Seiya Suzuki is focused on rehab MESA, Ariz. — Seiya Suzuki needed time to grasp the reality nearly four weeks ago that his left oblique strain would prevent him from playin...

MARCH 23, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

How the WBC showcased many Angels players — not just Mike Trout against Shohei Ohtani If we can forget the two superstars for a moment, several other Angels made significant contributions in the World Baseball Classic.

MARCH 22, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Joe Starkey: Tell me again why Shohei Ohtani isn't the greatest baseball player of all time I’m not old enough to have witnessed what Babe Ruth did on the baseball field (we just missed each other), but I’m pretty sure I know of a.....

MARCH 22, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Japan edges USA in epic WBC final, capped by Ohtani striking out Trout

A dream title matchup fittingly ended with a storybook at-bat between stars, with Japan beating USA to cap off a thrilling WBC.

MARCH 22, 2023

You can't script baseball, but sometimes it can seem like it The World Baseball Classic ended just as Rob Manfred would have wanted — Ohtani vs. Trout

MARCH 22, 2023 • DEADSPIN.COM

The World Asked Shohei Ohtani For the Fairy-Tale Ending. He Delivered. “Superman.” “A unicorn.” There were many ways to describe Shohei Ohtani’s performance in the WBC final, but we will leave it to Mike Trout:...

MARCH 22, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

World Baseball Classic MVP: Shohei Ohtani caps off epic WBC run with 2023 tournament's top honor Here's how Ohtani captured the all-important item of World Baseball Classic MVP.

MARCH 22, 2023 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

Analysis | Shohei Ohtani ascended in March. Imagine what he could do in October. Ohtani, a two-way star, was transcendent at the World Baseball Classic.

MARCH 22, 2023 • WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Japanese beating Americans in baseball is must-see viewing

Japanese television stuck to its live coverage from Miami for almost two hours after Japan beat the United States 3-2 to win the World Baseball Classic

MARCH 22, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tuesday's Sports In Brief BASEBALL MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani emerged from the bullpen and fanned Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout for the final out in a matchu...

MARCH 22, 2023 • SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

Behind Shohei Ohtani, Japan edges USA to claim WBC title MIAMI -- Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto homered as Japan won the World Baseball Classic, defeating the United States 3-2 on Tuesday ni...

MARCH 22, 2023 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Ben Verlander's takeaways from Japan's World Baseball Classic championship over USA

Samurai Japan won the World Baseball Classic title game 3-2 Tuesday night, beating team USA in an instant classic. FOX Sports baseball analy...

MARCH 22, 2023