Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as ...
Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
Expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Cooperstown on Tuesday, Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride and ...
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Japan's iconic cheer squads? You can thank college football
Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...
'Journey just beginning': Japan's Sasaki signs with Dodgers
Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the ...
Ichiro Suzuki becomes first player from Japan to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great hitter is heading to Cooperstown, with C.C. Sabathia and Billy ...
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Nippon Professional Baseball
pitched in part of nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He threw 951 1/3 innings, allowing 3.62 earned runs per nine. He struck out 18.9% of batters ...
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Why Roki Sasaki Is Eligible For The Baseball America Top 100
Last year, righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers as one of the best pitchers to come over from Nippon Pro Baseball (NPB) in several years. He did not rank on the Baseball America ...
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
“Also in the offseason I go to a few high schools in Japan and I want to be able to show them what a professional baseball player looks like.”Sabathia, second to Suzuki in 2001 AL Rookie of ...