When Japan won its second straight WBC title last night, it sent a message to the rest of the baseball world--"We are The Best"--Japan may not have the stars Major League Baseball has during its ...

SAN DIEGO — Forget beisbol. This was yakyu at its best, and the inaugural World Baseball Classic belongs to Japan. Ichiro Suzuki and his less-famous countrymen beat Cuba 10-6 in the championship game ...

NEW YORK — Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball’s opening day rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012. The percentage born outside the 50 states remained at 27.8%, matching ...

SAN DIEGO -- So much for major leaguers being the best in the world. The two teams playing tonight for the championship of the World Baseball Classic, Cuba and Japan, have a total of two players on ...

(AP) Alfredo Despaigne hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, helping Cuba defeat two-time defending champion Japan 6-3 Wednesday to finish first in Group A of the World Baseball Classic.

BEIJING — It didn’t take Terry Puhl long to figure out the atmosphere at the Olympic baseball tournament. “I pretty much equate it to the (big-league) playoffs,” said Puhl, the former Astros ...

The 2023 World Baseball Classic semifinals are underway, and it's win or go home. Team USA is waiting to find out which team it will meet in the final. Follow along with updates, news, analysis and ...

Cuban Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo opted for relentless attacking while Japan's Ryota Murata went with shrewd inside fighting, but both proved effective as they ended their country's long waits for ...

(Reuters) - Cuba sent a powerful message in the World Baseball Classic by beating Japan 6-3 on Wednesday with a long-ball display to close round-robin play in Asia as the only unbeaten team. Yasmany ...

Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball’s opening day rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012. NEW YORK — Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball’s opening day ...