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 ...
Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as ...
Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old 2-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...
Rōki Sasaki's Dodgers Choice Highlights a Growing Problem for MLB
This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes on Friday. It is a big deal that one of the most talented pitchers on ...
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2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's
Asked whether the success of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii responded in English: "Yes, of course." Matsui, a three ...
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Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Asked whether the success of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii responded in English: “Yes, of course." Matsui ...
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Yankees 'Would Love' to Sign Japanese Superstar Slugger in 2026
Despite pursuing the two biggest Japanese superstars to come over to MLB in the past two years ... Japanese power-hitting prospect since Hideki Matsui. And it sounds like the Yankees are planning ...