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

It’s been six years since the last MLB game in Tokyo, when Ichiro Suzuki bid a tear-jerking goodbye to baseball. It feels ...

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

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.

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo believes the lefty is “big league ready.” ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class has been announced, with three players earning induction into Cooperstown: CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, and Ichiro Suzuki. Wagner earned the honor ...

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 ...

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became the first Asian player elected to ... Two other Japanese stars have previously appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot, Hideo Nomo in 2014 and ...

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 is a first-ballot Hall of Famer ... Nippon Professional Baseball before joining MLB and the Mariners in 2001. While Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo was a star for the Dodgers in the 1990s, ...