Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, ...
Column: By joining Dodgers, Roki Sasaki prioritizes development over being a team’s top star
Roki Sasaki could be the greatest Japanese pitcher ever. He hopes the Dodgers can turn him into just that, even if it means ...
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Ichiro is about to get Hall of Fame moment
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 buoyed the ...
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Roki Sasaki: Signing Decision ‘Purely Based On Where I Can Grow’
Roki Sasaki was formally introduced by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a press conference at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. The Japanese phenom was posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in December and ...
Fourth outfielder? Slap hitter? Ichiro got to Cooperstown by silencing early skeptics
On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national ...
Naoko Yamada is carving an abstract path to the top of the anime world
Naoko Yamada, perhaps the most well-known female anime director, and her regular collaborators find humanity amid abstract ...
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Roki Sasaki hasn't debuted in MLB yet, but he's already making history at the Baseball Hall of Fame
The new Japanese 'ace' of the Dodgers has just been officially introduced, but a spot is already waiting for him soon in New ...
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Historic Video Surfaces of Ichiro Suzuki's First-Ever Professional Home Run
Per @GaijinBaseball on "X:" 6/12/1993 At a countryside Kansai Derby game in Nagaoka, Buffaloes ace Hideo Nomo is taking a shutout ... the United States and Japan. Over nine seasons, Ichiro hit ...