Ohtani used his time with the Nippon Ham Fighters as a springboard to fame in Major League Baseball. Once, he used it to wear the same Fighters jersey and hoodie that fans can bid on via the Grey ...

NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS patch on the left sleeve ... As noted by cllct.com's Will Stern, Grey Flannel sold one game-worn Ohtani Fighters jersey in December for $65,000. More news: Dodgers Cut One ...

Meanwhile, Ohtani’s own baseball journey began with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2013. As a two-way star excelling as both pitcher and hitter, Ohtani quickly rose to fame. He earned the ...

The Boston Red Sox start a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Friday, May 9 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Boston won its last two games against the Texas Rangers to climb ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Shohei Ohtani could have pursued a 15-year contract through age 44, agent Nez Balelo said Thursday, explaining that the two-way superstar didn't want to risk a decline in his ...

Before Shohei Ohtani became the face of the Dodgers ... by landing the Japanese slugger after a run with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, the Angels had six years to figure out what to do ...

In autumn 2011, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters hired Kuriyama as ... urging him to join the Fighters. The player, Shohei Ohtani, agreed. Kuriyama was one of few people in baseball who supported ...

He was among the top players in a class that also featured Shohei Ohtani (who went to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters). Mathieson: There was more hype around him than Ohtani for a while. McGehee: He ...

Ohtani will be 38 when the contract ends after the 2033 season. “We could have went to 13, 14, 15 years,” Balelo said. “But Shohei wanted to always kind of keep the integrity of where he’s ...