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Baseball: GM meetings in Las Vegas

Baseball agent Scott Boras meets the press as Major League Baseball's general manager meetings get under way in Las Vegas on Nov. 12, 2025. Boras said his client Tatsuya Imai, pitcher of Japan's Seibu Lions, will be posted for MLB teams on Nov. 19.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (front) and St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar (facing camera) hug ahead of a baseball game between their teams in Los Angeles on Aug. 4, 2025.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (2nd from R) chats with St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar (2nd from L) ahead of a baseball game between the teams in Los Angeles on Aug. 4, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (L) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga shake hands prior to a game between the two teams at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 23, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (L) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga chat prior to a game between the two teams at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 23, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (R) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga talk prior to a game between the two teams at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 23, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga talk prior to a game between the two teams at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 23, 2025.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (L) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga chat before a baseball game between the two teams at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 13, 2025.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (L) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga (R) chat before a baseball game between the two teams at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 13, 2025.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (R) and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga (C) chat before a baseball game between the two teams at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 13, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Angels

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (R) chats with former teammate Mike Trout (L) of the Los Angeles Angels ahead of an exhibition game between the two baseball teams at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 23, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Angels

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (L) chats with former teammate Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels ahead of an exhibition game between the two baseball teams at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 23, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga (L) and former Cubs and Yomiuri Giants pitcher Hisanori Takahashi shake hands after Takahashi threw the ceremonial first pitch before an exhibition game between the two teams at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (front, L), Hanshin Tigers manager Kuji Fujikawa (front, R) and players from both teams pose for a photo after an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2024, shows jerseys of Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani (L) and New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge at a Yankee Stadium gift shop in New York ahead of Game 3 of the MLB World Series between the teams later in the day.

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California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

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California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

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California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

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Baseball: Ohtani has HRs off all 30 MLB teams

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to reporters in St. Louis, Missouri, on Aug. 17, 2024, following a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in which he hit a solo home run, becoming the first Japanese player to homer against all 30 Major League Baseball teams.

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Baseball: Dodgers' Ohtani, interpreter Mizuhara

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his then interpreter Ippei Mizuhara (L) pose with Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels in Glendale, Arizona, on March 5, 2024, as their teams play a spring training game. Mizuhara was fired later in the month and was charged on April 11 with illegally transferring more than $16 million from one of Ohtani's bank accounts to cover gambling debts.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres talk ahead of their teams' game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 11, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers chats with Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs before a baseball game between the two teams on April 6, 2024, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers shakes hands with Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs before a baseball game between the two teams on April 6, 2024, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers greets former teammate Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels before a baseball game between their teams at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on March 26, 2024.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers hugs former teammate Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels before a baseball game between their teams at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on March 26, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks with former teammate Luis Rengifo of the Los Angeles Angels after walking to second base during the second inning of a spring training game between their teams in Los Angeles on March 24, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers hugs former teammate Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels before a spring training game between their teams in Los Angeles on March 24, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers hugs former teammate Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels before a spring training game between their teams in Los Angeles on March 24, 2024.

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Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka of the New York Mets reacts after hitting Placido Polanco of the Miami Marlins with a pitch during the seventh inning of the second game of the teams' doubleheader at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 14, 2013.

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Baseball: Seoul ahead of MLB games

Photo taken March 15, 2024, shows Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres merchandise on display at a Major League Baseball official shop in Seoul's Myeongdong shopping area, ahead of the teams' March 20, 21 season-opening games in the South Korean capital.

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Baseball: Seoul ahead of MLB games

Photo taken March 15, 2024, shows Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres merchandise on display at a Major League Baseball official shop in Seoul's Myeongdong shopping area, ahead of the teams' March 20, 21 season-opening games in the South Korean capital.

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Baseball: Kufu Hayate players

Kufu Hayate Ventures Shizuoka players attend the baseball team's spring training at Churu Stadium Shimizu in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Jan. 25, 2024. The team will play games against Nippon Professional Baseball's farm teams from the 2024 season.

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High school baseball team in quake-hit area to play at Koshien

KAI, Japan, Jan. 26 Kyodo - Japan Aviation High School baseball club members celebrate in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2024, after their team, based in quake-hit Wajima city in Ishikawa Prefecture, was chosen as one of the 32 teams that will take part in the 96th spring invitational national high school championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan. Part of the team members currently train at an affiliated school in Kai after a powerful earthquake hit Wajima and other central Japan areas on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

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High school baseball team in quake-hit area to play at Koshien

Japan Aviation High School baseball club members celebrate in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2024, after their team, based in quake-hit Wajima city in Ishikawa Prefecture, was chosen as one of the 32 teams that will take part in the 96th spring invitational national high school championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan. Part of the team members currently train at an affiliated school in Kai after a powerful earthquake hit Wajima and other central Japan areas on Jan. 1.

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High school baseball team in quake-hit area to play at Koshien

Japan Aviation High School baseball club members celebrate in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2024, after their team, based in quake-hit Wajima city in Ishikawa Prefecture, was chosen as one of the 32 teams that will take part in the 96th spring invitational national high school championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan. Part of the team members currently train at an affiliated school in Kai after a powerful earthquake hit Wajima and other central Japan areas on Jan. 1.

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High school baseball team in quake-hit area to play at Koshien

Japan Aviation High School baseball club members celebrate in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2024, after their team, based in quake-hit Wajima city in Ishikawa Prefecture, was chosen as one of the 32 teams that will take part in the 96th spring invitational national high school championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan. Part of the team members currently train at an affiliated school in Kai after a powerful earthquake hit Wajima and other central Japan areas on Jan. 1.

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Chinese young baseball players express high expectations for matches in California

STORY: Chinese young baseball players express high expectations for matches in California SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 19, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the training sessions (file footage) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAN YUFEI, Baseball player, Student of Changzhou Beijiao Senior High School 3. various of the training sessions 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SONG BINGZE, Baseball player, Student of Changzhou Beijiao Senior High School 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZHANG MINGXUAN, Baseball player, Student of Changzhou Beijiao Senior High School 6. various of the training sessions (file footage) 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SHEN LIAN, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Changzhou STORYLINE: Twenty Chinese young baseball players set off for the United States to participate in the California Winter League (CWL) on Sunday. This team from Changzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province is the only high school team among a total of eight teams fro

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Baseball: Hanshin, Orix victory parades

Combined photo taken Nov. 23, 2023, shows parades for two baseball teams based in the Kansai region of western Japan, one in Osaka's main Midosuji street celebrating the Hanshin Tigers' first Japan Series title in 38 years (L) and the other in Kobe for the Orix Buffaloes' third straight Pacific League pennant.

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Baseball: DeNA Baystars player Imanaga

DeNA BayStars pitcher Shota Imanaga speaks at a press conference at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 13, 2023, after he was approved for posting to MLB teams.

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Baseball: DeNA Baystars player Imanaga

DeNA BayStars pitcher Shota Imanaga speaks at a press conference at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 13, 2023, after he was approved for posting to MLB teams.

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Baseball: Entry draft lottery box

Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, the day of the new-player entry draft for Japan's professional baseball teams, shows the box from which team representatives draw lots when more than one team designates the same player as their first-round pick and a lottery is held to assign the player's negotiating rights. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Hideo Nomo

Nippon Steel Sakai pitcher Hideo Nomo speaks in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 1989, after he was selected by a record eight teams in the first round of the Nippon Professional Baseball draft.

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World Baseball Classic

Members of the Japan (R) and Italy national baseball teams line up at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo ahead of their World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game on March 16, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Members of the Japan national baseball teams line up at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo ahead of their World Baseball Classic Pool B game against Australia on March 12, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Members of the Japan national baseball teams line up at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo ahead of their World Baseball Classic Pool B game against Australia on March 12, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Members of the Japan (R) and China national baseball teams line up at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo ahead of their World Baseball Classic Pool B opener on March 9, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Members of the Australian (front) and South Korean teams line up at the start of their World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 9, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Members of the Australian (front) and South Korean teams line up at the start of their World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 9, 2023.

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Japan's pro baseball league to delay season over coronavirus

TOKYO, Japan, March 9 Kyodo - Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Atsushi Saito speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 9, 2020, after an extraordinary meeting of representatives of Japan's 12 professional baseball teams. The decision was reached at the meeting to delay the start of the season, originally scheduled for March 20, due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

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Japanese-Americans recall 'inter-camp' baseball league

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former detainees at Japanese-American internment camps in the United States during World War II who were involved in the 1944 baseball games among teams from the internment camps -- George Iseri, Tetsuo Furukawa, Kenso Zenimura and Ernie Inoue (from R) -- are reunited in 2014.