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 ...
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Nomo's errant pitch creates an international stir
Ichiro Suzuki, on getting drilled by Hideo Nomo in the fifth inning In Japan ... While Lampkin imagined blood running through the streets of Tokyo, he and the other players were nonchalant ...
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This Day In Dodgers History: Hideo Nomo & Fred McGriff Signed
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a rich history of international signings, which Hideo Nomo is part of as the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo was originally signed by the ...
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Ohtani: How 'Shotime' became Japan's biggest baseball export
And his global fame has already surpassed that of other Japanese players who moved to the US before him, including Ichiro Suzuki, Hideo Nomo, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka.