Baseball is a game of failure. But the failure experienced by Kansas City Royals outfielder Nori Aoki during his fifth inning at-bat against Houston Astros pitcher Jarred Cosart Wednesday afternoon ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) � Milwaukee�s Norichika Aoki upstaged fellow Japanese newcomer Yu Darvish on Monday afternoon. Aoki had three hits, including a triple, and drove in three runs Monday as the ...

After a week of watching new outfielder Nori Aoki, Royals manager Ned Yost was left with one overriding impression. “It’s amazing to sit and watch his swing,” Yost said on Sunday morning. “It’s the ...

The term “knocking the cover off the ball” evokes images of a big huge power hitter striking the baseball so hard that he causes the seams to break and the leather covering to be removed from the ...

The Royals’ hitters are having a really tough time these days. Perhaps this GIF of Nori Aoki swinging and falling to the ground during the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 9-3 loss to the Astros is a ...