21/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Japanese legends Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka play exhibition baseball game with Girls' High School selection

Japan runs the most successful women's baseball programme in the world. Daisuke Matsuzaka (pictured) helped Japan to an Olympic baseball bronze medal at Athens 2004.

20/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Japan walk off Korea in final to win Asia Professional Baseball Championship undefeated

The defending Olympic, World Baseball Classic and Premier12 champions won in front of over 44,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome.

16/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Iran celebrates historic U-13 Baseball Championship

Alborz won the tournament at Karaj Stadium. The Iran National Olympic Committee's first vice-president Gholamreza Norouzi participated in the closing ceremony.

14/11/2023 2 Minute Read

Asia Professional Baseball Championship to open on 16 November in Tokyo

The top U-24 prospects of the NPB, KBO, CPBL and ABL leagues will compete in a round-robin. The top two teams will play for the title on Sunday, 19 November.

13/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Japan baseball star Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins third consecutive NPB gold glove

The 25-year-old right-hander is one of three Olympic baseball gold medallists to earn the award in the Pacific League, together with shortstop Sosuke Genda and outfielder Kensuke Kondoh. The Japan Series champions Hanshin Tigers dominated the Pacific League awards.

13/11/2023 2 Minute Read

LG Twins overcome KT Wiz in five, win their first Korean Series in 29 years

After losing the opening game, the Seoul-based team won four straight. WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2008 hero Ji-hwan Oh earned MVP honours. Over 106,000 spectators attended the five games.

10/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Shohei Ohtani donates 60,000 baseball gloves to elementary schools in Japan

"I’m hoping the kids can spend their days happily with a lot of energy through baseball," the two-way phenom wrote on his Instagram account.

08/11/2023 2 Minute Read

Hanshin Tigers Japan Series title ends Curse of the Colonel

It's not as famous as Babe Ruth's Curse of the Bambino the Boston Red Sox suffered from 1920 to 2004, or the Curse of the Billy Goat, which plagued the Chicago Cubs from 1945 to 2016, still, it's a story worth to tell.

06/11/2023 1 Minute Read

LG Twins and KT Wiz to compete for Korean Series title

The Twins dominated the regular season but haven't won since 1994. In 2021, the KT Wiz won the only Korean Series they participated in. The series is set to open at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday, 7 November.

06/11/2023 2 Minute Read

Hanshin Tigers defeat Orix Buffaloes in seven, claim 2023 Japan Series title

It's the Tigers' first title since 1985. Manager Akinobu Okada was their starting second baseman at the time. Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Koyo Aoyagi pitched 4.2 scoreless innings to start Game 7 for the Tigers. Centre fielder Koji Chikamoto earned MVP honours.