He joined one of his childhood heroes, Hideki Matsui, as the lone Japanese-born players to hit a home run in a major-league game at the Tokyo Dome. “It’s kind of just ridiculous,” Dodgers ...

Work out some frustration at a batting cage. One game of 25 balls is ¥400. Join the member system and get privileges such as the option to borrow professional-g ...

TOKYO – Two springs ago ... The waves of talent since, from Kazuhiro Sasaki to Kazuhisa Ishii to Hideki Matsui, Tahadito Iguchi and Hiroki Kuroda and others have only been jump-started over ...

Major leaguers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Matsui got their start in the tournament ... imitation was a hit in Japan’s five games at the Tokyo Dome, with television cameras often focusing ...