Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in ...
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Dodgers meet with Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki as MLB race heats up
With a robust history of developing Japanese talent—Hideo Nomo, Kenta Maeda, and now Yoshinobu Yamamoto—Los Angeles offers a proven pathway to stardom. Add to that their presence in a Japan ...
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Who is Shotaro Morii? And why is his signing with the Athletics such a big deal?
Japan has a rich, layered baseball history ... Then, in the winter of 1995, everything changed. Hideo Nomo, a starlet pitcher for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, used a loophole in his contract to ...