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Baseball Is Back: 2026 Is Going Global Baseball is officially back! And the 2026 baseball calendar is starting off with a bang! With Spring Training fully underway in Arizona & Florida, Opening Day hits March 26 on NBC and Peacock, with the Pirates facing the Mets in the afternoon and the defending champion Dodgers playing that night. Sunday Night Baseball is back in primetime this season, too, with matchups like Yankees–Red Sox, Cubs–Cardinals, Padres–Dodgers.  But before the regular season even fully settles in, the sport goes international... The 2026 World Baseball Classic The World Baseball Classic runs March 5–17, with games in Tokyo, Houston, San Juan, and Miami (which hosts the semifinals and final). There are 20 teams split into four pools, and the top two in each advance to a knockout bracket. Japan won it all in 2023 behind Shohei Ohtani, and he’s back again this year. Team USA is stacked with Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Paul Skenes, and more. The Dominican Republic, ...

(Fox/Fox Sports) Baseball fans, Opening Day is here ! Opening Day for the Cubs and Dodgers was technically Tuesday, March 18, in Tokyo . They will play another regular-season game this morning, before flying back to the United States to finish spring training. Playing this week in Tokyo are Japanese natives including Shota Imanaga, Roki Sasaki, Seiya Suzuki, Yoshinobu Yamamoto & Shohei Ohtani. Both games were sold out, with tickets on the secondary market more expensive than this year's Super Bowl. For 26 other MLB teams, Opening Day will occur Thursday, March 27, with 14 games scheduled that day. Thirty of the league’s top pitchers are set to take the mound, featuring 22 All-Stars, four making their debut with new teams, and one poised to become the quickest top overall draft pick to start a season opener. Japan has a deep and complex relationship with baseball , and no story captures that connection better than Tokyo Giant: The Legend of Victor Starffin . Baseball has been a ...