Manager Hirokazu Ibata is expecting Japan's Major League Baseball contingent to form his team's backbone when Samurai Japan goes in pursuit of its fourth World Baseball Classic championship in ...

In the locker room at loanDepot Park in Miami, Samurai Japan members huddled together, ready to take on the defending champion United States in the final of the World Baseball Classic. Japan ...

An up-and-coming St. Louis Cardinals outfielder with the Dutch name of Lars Nootbaar seemed an unlikely pick for the Japanese national team in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. But it turns out ...

(JTA) — The fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic is just days away ... to the second round before being eliminated by Japan. Team Israel is back for the 2023 WBC, with more current ...

Seattle Mariners legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez will have a prominent role in the upcoming World Baseball Classic ... event was won by Team Japan.

Japan national baseball team manager Hirokazu Ibata sits for an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Manager Hirokazu Ibata is expecting Japan's Major League Baseball ...