Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish, two legendary players with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, feature largely in the team’s new home stadium, but the ballpark is not ready for show-time just yet.

Ohtani's Japanese friend Yu Darvish will start for the Padres on Wednesday, facing Ohtani for the first time in a regulation game. Darvish was a star for Japan's Nippon-Ham Fighters until he left ...

The system is quite different now, for example, than when the Rangers landed Yu Darvish ... to the Nippon Ham Fighters. The highest bidder won exclusive negotiating rights with Darvish.

KITA-HIROSHIMA, Hokkaido--Although the once-mighty Hokkaido Nippon-Ham ... fan favorites Yu Darvish and Shohei Ohtani. They both wore that number when they starred with the Fighters before ...