Roki Sasaki could join a long list of impressive Los Angeles Dodgers rookies, including Hideo Nomo, Don Newcombe and Fernando ...

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

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 ...

Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the ...

There's not much question that while Major League Baseball remains the most prestigious and competitive league in the world, ...

I never imagined that the first pitcher who would hit me over here would be a Japanese pitcher. ” — Ichiro Suzuki, on getting drilled by Hideo Nomo in the fifth inning In Japan, it is ...

For 13 years, San Diego Padres front office advisor Hideo Nomo has flown a group of kids from Japan to San Diego to ...

These days, Japanese culture and politics feel more ... And his fame has now surpassed that of players like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideo Nomo, who came before him. One of them could hit really well.

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national ...

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...