Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. “He healed the wounds in Japan’s national psyche, ...
Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the ...
Ichiro Suzuki has become the first Japanese player to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Dodgers star Shohei ...
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Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...
TOKYO – Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific ...
In 1995, the Dodgers made history by signing right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo, a five-time All-Star in Japan's Pacific League. Nomo became the first player from a Japanese professional league to ...