Munetaka Murakami is actually a household name in Japan. At just 24 years old, he has cemented himself as one of the brightest talents in baseball. Over the last seven seasons with the Yakult ...

Roki Sasaki is here. Munetaka Murakami could be next. From Shohei Ohtani to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Sasaki, there's been a wave ...

Indeed, the 22-year-old had a night at the plate ... “I never think of baseball as a job. It is part of my life,” Murakami said during the NPB All-Star games held last week.

Which brings us to first baseman Munetaka Murakami. The 24-year-old has blossomed into one of the most feared sluggers in Nippon Professional Baseball, launching at least 30 homers in six of his ...

As a 20-year-old reliever, Murakami journeyed to America in 1964 alongside two of his Nankai Hawks teammates to take part in a baseball exchange program with the San Francisco Giants. He reported ...

Murakami’s mother picked up his 6-year-old son, Yuta, at his nursery school ... to pitch for Samurai Japan in a World Baseball Classic game against the Czech Republic. “Watching him pitch ...

With just two weeks until opening day, the University of Hawai’i baseball team will give fans an early look at the 2025 squad ...