
The 2004 Red Sox and the Yankees: Father and Son
Paul Semendinger and Paul Semendinger, 2023. (Photo by Janet…

How the 2004 Red Sox Team was Put Together
The team that finally won the World Series for Boston, for the…

Walter East: Deadball Minor Leaguer and Pro Football’s First Scandal
This article was published in the SABR Deadball Era Committee’s…

Introduction: Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan, 1960-2019
The year 2022 marked the official 150th anniversary of Japanese…

San Francisco Baseball Returns to Japan: The 1960 Giants Goodwill Tour
1960 San Francisco Giants Goodwill tour program featuring…

No Alibis: The Detroit Tigers’ 1962 Tour of Japan
1962 Detroit Tigers Goodwill Tour program (Robert Fitts…

1966: The Dodgers Return to Japan
Maury Wills attempts to turn a double play against the…

Cardinals Take Care of Business in the Land of the Rising Sun (1968)
Japanese star slugger Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants.…

‘They Beat Us the Japanese Way’: The San Francisco Giants’ 1970 Spring Tour
The San Francisco Giants – a party of more than 60, including…

‘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…