Sho Nakata is pictured at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug.... 20, 2021 after joining the Yomiuri Giants.... He was immediately ordered to leave the stadium and stay at home while the team launched an investigation....

Yakult Swallows third baseman Munetaka Murakami is awarded the Central League's MVP award in Tokyo, on Dec.... Murakami received 287 of the 306 first-place CL votes cast, while Yamamoto was a near unanimous selection, getting all but three of the PL's 286 first-place votes.... Both won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, when Japan's major leagues stopped play for nearly a month....

Ohtani surpassed Matsui's full-season record before the All-Star break with his solo shot to right in the fifth inning against Boston on Wednesday.... Matsui issued a statement through the Angels immediately after Ohtani broke his mark, praising the achievement as" just a passing point for a hitter like Shohei.... " I was once considered a long ball hitter in the majors, but I believe that he truly is a long ball hitter," Matsui said....

Tsutsugo in May to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who removed the 29-year-old slugger from their roster

left with two on and one out.... Yamasaki entered and retired star slugger Tetsuto Yamada but allowed

in Wednesday's semifinal.... With two outs and the bases loaded, the Yakult Swallows slugger drilled

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo of the Los Angeles Dodgers.... The Rays originally signed Tsutsugo to a two-year,$ 12 million contract during the 2019-2020 offseason after he had put together a standout career in Nippon Professional Baseball.... Font Size S M L Print Timeline 0....

Pittsburgh Pirates' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo( 32) hits a solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, on Aug.... Trailing 5-2 in the seventh inning, Tsutsugo pulled a 0-2 fastball over the right-field wall for his first homer at his team's home field, PNC Park, kick-starting a three-run rally before the Pirates took the lead for good in the eighth.... Tsutsugo has been either boom or bust in his 18 at-bats with the Pirates, with six hits, including two dou

Shohei Ohtani holds the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award from Rob Manfred before Game 1 in baseball's World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, Oct.... In addition to winning the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, Ohtani has been named Player of the Year by Baseball Digest, Baseball America and Sporting News.... Moving forward, there are still plenty more awards the Angels star could collect....

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani is greeted in the dugout after he hit a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, on Oct.... The top 10 list also included words related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, including" Sugimurising," the go-to move of boccia gold medalist Hidetaka Sugimura, and" Baron Von Ripper-off," ridiculing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach....