‘We Are Trying to Close the Gap, but It Is Very Wide Yet’: The Baltimore Orioles’ 1971 Tour of Japan
Shigeo Nagashima of the Yomiuri Giants and Boog Powell.…
The 1974 New York Mets Goodwill Tour of Japan
Calbee potato chip baseball card depicting Hank Aaron and…
The Big Red Machine’s Last Hurrah: Cincinnati Reds Tour of Japan, 1978
From left to right: George Foster, Sadaharu Oh, Pete Rose,…
The 1979 Major League All-Star Series in Japan
When a group of major-league baseball all-stars traveled…
A Near Escape: the 1981 Kansas City Royals Tour of Japan
1981 Kansas City Royals Goodwill Tour advertisement (Robert…
The 1984 Baltimore Orioles Tour in Japan: The Final Attempt at a True World Series
November 19, 1984 issue of Shukan Baseball depicting stars…
Baseball from Mars: The 1986 Super Major Series
Telephone card souvenir from the 1986 Super Major Series…
The 1988 Major League-Japan All-Star Series
The 1988 Major League-Japan All-Star Series was the 24th…
‘There’s No Joy in Tokyo’: The 1990 Super Major Series
Cecil Fielder on the Hanshin Tigers (Robert Fitts Collection)
In…
Redemption: The 1992 MLB vs Japan All-Star Baseball Series
1992 All-Star Baseball Series program (Robert Fitts Collection)
For…
Tommy Lasorda: Baseball’s Global Ambassador and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 1993 Friendship Tour of Japan
Mike Piazza, Sadaharu Oh and Tommy Lasorda (Courtesy of…
The 1996 Sun Super Major Series in Japan
“I don’t know how else to feel,” Hideo Nomo said –…
The 1998 Super Dome All-Star Series in Japan
1998 Super Dome All-Star Series program featuring Sammy…
Major League Baseball’s Historic Opening Day Series: New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, 2000
The year 2000 was not just the beginning of a new century…
The 2000 All-Star Series in Japan
Japanese baseball was front and center as the excitement…
Major League Baseball’s 2002 All-Star Tour of Japan
The glossy, color print advertisement for the 2002 All-Star…
The 2004 MLB All-Stars Tour of Japan
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. One…
Godzilla Returns: The 2004 MLB Opening Series in Japan
After Hideki Matsui hit a home run against the Yomiuri…
End of an Era: The 2006 Aeon All-Star Series
Fans packed the Tokyo Dome for Game 1 of the 2006 Aeon…
2008 Opening Series in Japan: Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics
Opening Day ceremonies at the Tokyo Dome on March 25, 2008.…
2012 MLB Opening Series: Mariners vs Athletics at the Tokyo Dome
The Mariner Moose entertaining fans at Tokyo Dome. (Photo…
2014 Suzuki All-Star Series: Samurai Japan vs. MLB All-Stars
2014 Suzuki Nichibei Yakyu program (Robert Fitts Collection)
On…
Japan Dominates: The 2018 MLB All-Star Tour of Japan
Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners. (Photo by Dave Wilkie)
Since…
2019 MLB Opening Series in Japan
Pre-game ceremonies for the 2019 Opening Day Series (Courtesy…