The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” will explore the longstanding exchange of teams and players in the more than 150 years ...

A once-in-a-generation player who earned the admiration of baseball fans in North America -- the birthplace of the sport -- has now received the highe･･･ ...

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.

A Hall of Fame cover athlete: Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro’s card has not ... Imagine pitching a game during Hideo Nomo’s rookie season with his funky windup. Or playing as Hideki Matsui during ...

Hideo Nomo’s impact extends far beyond his own career. By paving the way for stars like Sasaki, Ohtani, and Yamamoto, he also opened doors for legends like Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui ...

Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball ... and it was 30 years before Hideo Nomo became the second on that list. Now MLB rosters are loaded with international talent from all over the ...

Next, he honored his fellow countryman, Ichiro Suzuki ... were good players like pitchers Shigetoshi Hasegawa and Hideo Nomo. After Suzuki, there was Matsui, Yu Darvish, Masahiro Tanaka and ...

Ichiro Suzuki on Tuesday came one vote shy of being ... Whiting used the pitcher Hideo Nomo’s transition as a guide and came up with something like a .285 average with 11 home runs and 25 ...

Players are elected to the Hall of Fame provided they are named on at least 75% of ballots cast by eligible voting members of the BBWAA. With 394 ballots submitted in the 2025 election, candidates ...

Beloved in Japan and in the US, Ichiro Suzuki now has a permanent ... While pitchers, including Hideo Nomo, had already played in the US, Suzuki made seismic waves as the first Japanese position ...