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 ...
Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national ...
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Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him ... manga and others creations from Japan. “It may not be an exaggeration to say that Ichiro represents Japan’s transition from the faceless ...
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Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Since Hideo Nomo in the 1990s, nearly all Japanese baseball ... for one reason or another, were passed over by Japan’s best teams. “It was viewed almost as something you do when your options ...
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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 ...