The Major Leagues may be considered the top baseball league globally. But in international competition, Japan reigns supreme. Since the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, Samurai Japan is the only country to win multiple titles,

The U.S. National Baseball 18U team beat Japan, 2-0, on Sunday in the WBSC World Cup championship game at Okinawa Cellular Stadium. / USA Baseball Coleman Borthwick of South Walton (Florida) pitched a complete-game shutout as Team USA beat Japan, 2-0, on ...

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN (WNCT) — The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team returned to the “Land of the Rising Sun” for the 45th annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series. Despite an impressive showing on the mound from ECU alum Ethan ...

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani will play for Team Japan in the 2026 World Baseball Classic as the country looks to defend their 2023 title.

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 Classic. When Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout for ...

Get ready for a group of Southern California-based players to be key contributors for the 18U USA Baseball national team that begins action Thursday night against Panama at the U-18 World Cup in Okinawa, Japan. Among the 20 players on the team are pitcher ...

Shohei Ohtani announced he will play for Japan in the 2026 World Baseball Classic after leading his home country to the 2023 title in the last WBC.