Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Hirioki Shimura has now become a baseball missionary.
Tag: Baseball
Shohei Ohtani Drives Huge Ticket Demand Across MLB
With huge demand to see the baseball superstar play for the Dodgers, M.L.B. teamed up with a Japanese travel agency. Fans began plotting trips.
The M.L.B. Season Opens in South Korea. Here’s What to Know.
The country’s raucous fan culture will be on display when Major League Baseball opens its season in Seoul. Here’s how to cheer and what to eat.
The M.L.B. Season Opens in South Korea. Here’s What to Know.
The country’s raucous fan culture will be on display when Major League Baseball opens its season in Seoul. Here’s how to cheer and what to eat.
Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan
Baseball fans in South Korea have embraced the superstar from Japan, despite the longtime rivalry and history between the two countries.
Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan
Baseball fans in South Korea have embraced the superstar from Japan, despite the longtime rivalry and history between the two countries.
In Search of Spring
For those of us who’ve been white-knuckling our way through winter, the new season can’t arrive soon enough.
Why Women Outnumber Men in South Korea’s Sports Stadiums
It is a sharp contrast to other countries, where men dominate fandom. Experts have a variety of explanations, including the influence of K-pop culture.
Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants
In a Bogotá league, Venezuelans who fled their homeland have carried on their culture in a country surrounded by soccer — and have built a support system. “It’s like having a piece of Venezuela here.”
He Announces Baseball Games in Spanish. It Is Not His First Language.
Bill Kulik, a Spanish-language radio broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies, mixes in English and Spanglish to the delight of some listeners, but the irritation of others.