As a lover of both sports and the occult? Hoo boy, do I enjoy a good sports curse. For anyone except the afflicted team and ...

The Minnesota Twins have been nearly silent so far this winter but have reportedly entered the sweepstakes for a hoped-for ...

Gilbert Gottfried was fired from voicing Aflac’s Duck mascot after posting a series of offensive tweets about the March 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. These earthquakes and tsunamis ...

The Chicago Cubs are determined to trade Cody Bellinger, but other teams seem more interested in another fan-favorite slugger ...

But important events and meetings this month are not limited to executives, agents and players. As they are preparing for next season, so are baseball’s mascots. Last week, over a dozen of baseball’s ...

(Photo courtesy of the U.S. State Department)(Kyodo) WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States unveiled Tuesday its official mascot for next year's World Expo in the Japanese city of Osaka ...

CHIBA--Japanese ace Roki Sasaki will be available to Major League Baseball teams this offseason. The Chiba Lotte Marines announced Saturday they have chosen to start the process of moving the ...

Japan completed its unbeaten run in the opening round of the Premier12 baseball tournament Monday with an 11-3 rout of the already eliminated Dominican Republic. Defending champion Japan topped Group ...

becoming one of the most beloved character mascots worldwide with over 85 million picture books sold since her debut. Notably, Miffy is also especially beloved in Japan, with Fukuinkan Shoten and ...

Ichiro Suzuki, who amassed 4,367 career hits in top-flight pro leagues, was among the four new candidates named Tuesday to the players division ballot for the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame's class of ...

The first time Tom Kissner went to Japan to scout baseball players was 2002. It was months after Ichiro Suzuki won the American League MVP in his rookie season, and American interest in Japanese ...