For Sale: A white baseball of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. I acquired it when the team played in Arizona. Two current Major League players who
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/E4AAAOSw44FfCQhi/s-l1200.webp)
WHITE HOKKAIDO NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS BASEBALL/ YU DARVISH, SHOHEI OHTANI-USA,JAPAN
For Sale: A white baseball of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. I acquired it when the team played in Arizona. Two current Major League players who
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WM8AAOSwwcVfCQiN/s-l1600.jpg)
WHITE HOKKAIDO NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS BASEBALL/ YU DARVISH, SHOHEI OHTANI-USA,JAPAN
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-uicvDUcAAkUlZ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
The Athletic on X: Two of Japan's best in MLB right now
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5c42d951ef3d2da41dd3c54d71941b13)
Why is it that Japanese professional baseball uniforms have the
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://img.kyodonews.net/english/public/images/posts/985a093bbc99af0272ed295fbcf83c83/photo_l.jpg)
Baseball: Darvish joins Ohtani in agreeing to play in WBC
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JPE0W1/texas-rangers-right-hander-yu-darvish-l-chats-with-nippon-ham-fighters-JPE0W1.jpg)
Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish (L) chats with Nippon Ham
For Sale: A white baseball of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. I acquired it when the team played in Arizona. Two current Major League players who
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/--EAAOSw4stfCQie/s-l1600.jpg)
WHITE HOKKAIDO NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS BASEBALL/ YU DARVISH, SHOHEI OHTANI-USA,JAPAN
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://p.potaufeu.asahi.com/97d0-p/picture/27206232/8e9130e07067b44f81a05e975a478387.jpg)
Ohtani, Darvish loom large at Fighters' new home stadium
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/dmn/5KXZOPBIWJG7BLJTAZ7EPL3KL4.jpg)
Kohei Arihara isn't the next Yu Darvish, but the Rangers' latest
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://p.potaufeu.asahi.com/53f8-p/picture/27206237/6a1f8370766060c689eae61c04cf8c6e.jpg)
Ohtani, Darvish loom large at Fighters' new home stadium
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://www.si.com/.image/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTk1MjgyMTAyNTI1MTc1NDgz/usatsi_19074629_168388303_lowres.jpg)
Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish Headline Japan Roster for World
![The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during](https://img.kyodonews.net/english/public/images/posts/5272d1269af7ff2309d9bb48c537419d/image_l.jpeg)
Fans to be greeted by Ohtani, Darvish mural at Fighters' new ballpark