Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro Baseball” and was one of the most famous people in the country during ...

Nagashima grew up rooting for the Hanshin Tigers, the Giants’ archrival. He took up baseball ... as a bat. After graduating from high school, he entered Rikkyo University in Tokyo, where he ...

Japanese baseball luminaries and other sporting figures have paid tribute to Yomiuri Giants icon Shigeo Nagashima, who died ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani paid a heartfelt tribute after the demise of one of Japan's most celebrated baseball players, Shigeo Nagashima.

TOKYO: Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani led the tributes to Japanese baseball ... Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, holding a golden bat presented by then ...

You sometimes hear people say they “dislike the Giants,” but I’ve never met anyone who said they “dislike Nagashima.” A man ...

1989 — Los Angeles and Houston played 22 innings at the Astrodome in the longest night game in National League history -- 7 hours and 14 minutes. The Astros won the game on Rafael Ramirez’s RBI single ...

Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power in his return to the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night. In an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants ... and came to bat for a second ...

What time is it, for the San Francisco Giants? Go time. The boss even said so. “It’s time to go,” Buster Posey said after making multiple transactions this week, the busiest output of his short career ...

We call it old-fashioned, situational baseball when teams bunt or intentionally hit the ball to the right side of the field ...

Former professional baseball player Hideki Matsui on Wednesday visited the home of his mentor Shigeo Nagashima, the Yomiuri ...