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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: 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: 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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Players show off jerseys for Japanese girls pro league clubs

OSAKA, Japan - Players from two teams in the to-be-inaugurated Girls Professional Baseball League -- the Kyoto Asto Dreams and the Hyogo Swing Smileys -- show off their jerseys on March 5, 2010, in Osaka ahead of the league's April 23 inauguration.

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(2)MLB cancels Mariners-Athletics season openers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A worker removes a banner for Seattle Mariners-Oakland Athletics season openers outside Tokyo Dome on March 19 after Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of a trip to Japan by the two teams due to an imminent U.S.-led war on Iraq. (MLB)

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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro Suzuki

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani (L) and Seattle Mariners instructor Ichiro Suzuki chat before a baseball game between the two teams on June 17, 2022, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro Suzuki

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani (L) and Seattle Mariners instructor Ichiro Suzuki chat before a baseball game between the two teams on June 17, 2022, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro Suzuki

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani (L) and Seattle Mariners instructor Ichiro Suzuki chat before a baseball game between the two teams on June 17, 2022, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

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(2)MLB cancels Mariners-Athletics season openers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A worker removes a banner for Seattle Mariners-Oakland Athletics season openers outside Tokyo Dome on March 19 after Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of a trip to Japan by the two teams due to an imminent U.S.-led war on Iraq. (MLB) (Kyodo)

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Triple Crown winner Matsunaka retires

Triple Crown winner and two-time Pacific League MVP Nobuhiko Matsunaka wipes away tears during a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka on March 1, 2016, when announcing his retirement as a baseball player. The 42-year-old slugger had been negotiating a tryout arrangement with a few clubs since the end of January but decided to end his 19-year career when no teams showed interest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Triple Crown winner Matsunaka retires

Triple Crown winner and two-time Pacific League MVP Nobuhiko Matsunaka wipes away tears during a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka on March 1, 2016, when announcing his retirement as a baseball player. The 42-year-old slugger had been negotiating a tryout arrangement with a few clubs since the end of January but decided to end his 19-year career when no teams showed interest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea managers on eve of Premier 12 opening day

Japan's Premier 12 baseball manager Hiroki Kokubo and his South Korean counterpart Kim In Sik shake hands after a press conference in Sapporo on Nov. 7, 2015. The two teams will play the opening game of the inaugural 12-team tournament at Sapporo Dome the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Puerto Rico meet press for Premier 12 warm-up games

Japan's Premier 12 baseball manager Hiroki Kokubo (L) and his Puerto Rican counterpart Edwin Rodriguez shake hands during a press conference in Fukuoka on Nov. 4, 2015. The two teams will play warm-up games at Yahuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Nov. 5 and 6 before the Nov. 8 start of the inaugural 12-team tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese women's baseball team wraps up U.S. trip

Ayami Sato pitches for Japan in a women's baseball game against the United States in Cooperstown, New York on July 11, 2015. The two teams played four games, winning two each in the build-up for the 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup in South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 baseball teams pledge good play in quake-hit Japan region

Professional wrestler-turned-TV personality Nobuhiko Takada (L) shakes hands with former pro baseball player Akinori Iwamura ahead of an exhibition game between two local teams in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 7, 2015, to cheer up sufferers from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the northeastern region. Takada rooted for the Sanriku Railway Kit Dreams, an amateur team, while Iwamura is manager of the Fukushima Hopes, a regional pro club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 baseball teams in quake-hit Japan region play goodwill game

Players and officials of two local baseball teams from Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures pose before their exhibition game played in Miyagi's capital Sendai on March 7, 2015, to cheer up sufferers from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the northeastern region ahead of the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: MLB expects new Japan posting deal by early Dec.

File photo taken on Sept. 28, 2016, shows Nippon Ham fighters pitcher Shohei Otani celebrating after clinching the Pacific League title in a 1-0 win over the Seibu Lions at Seibu Prince Dome in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo. Major League Baseball said on Nov. 15, 2017, it hopes to establish a new posting system with Japan by early December, in a move that would enable the Japanese two-way phenomenon to start negotiations with U.S. teams over his move to the major leagues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Players show off jerseys for Japanese girls pro league clubs

OSAKA, Japan - Players from two teams in the to-be-inaugurated Girls Professional Baseball League -- the Kyoto Asto Dreams and the Hyogo Swing Smileys -- show off their jerseys on March 5, 2010, in Osaka ahead of the league's April 23 inauguration. (Kyodo)

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Koshien baseball stadium allows in spectators

Spectators sit apart from each other at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshien baseball stadium allows in spectators

Spectators sit apart from each other at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshien baseball stadium allowed in spectators

Fans enter Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshien baseball stadium allows in spectators

Spectators sit apart from each other at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshien baseball stadium allowed in spectators

Fans enter Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshien baseball stadium allowed in spectators

Fans enter Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshien baseball stadium allows in spectators

Spectators sit apart from each other at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23, 2020. The stadium allowed visitors in for a game between two farm teams on a trial basis, requiring them to undergo temperature checks and wear a face mask before Japan's professional baseball will permit spectators to attend games from July 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school baseball at Koshien Stadium

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2020, shows Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Thirty-two high school baseball teams that were chosen for the March 2020 national high school baseball invitational tournament at the stadium but were unable to play due to its cancellation amid the coronavirus pandemic will be invited to friendly games being planned by the event organizer in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school baseball at Koshien Stadium

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2020, shows Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Thirty-two high school baseball teams that were chosen for the March 2020 national high school baseball invitational tournament at the stadium but were unable to play due to its cancellation amid the coronavirus pandemic will be invited to friendly games being planned by the event organizer in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Former manager Nashida infected with coronavirus

File photo taken in September 2015 shows former professional baseball manager Masataka Nashida, who managed two teams to Pacific League pennants in Japan. Nashida has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his management company said April 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan-Mexico exhibition series

Members of the Japanese and Mexican All-Star baseball teams shake hands after Japan's 6-0 win in Game 2 of their two-game baseball exhibition series at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 10, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan-Mexico exhibition series

Members of the Japanese and Mexican All-Star baseball teams are seen in the opening ceremony of their two-game exhibition series at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo