Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.
Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and ...
The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” will explore the longstanding exchange of teams and players in the more than 150 years ...
Roki Sasaki could join a long list of impressive Los Angeles Dodgers rookies, including Hideo Nomo, Don Newcombe and Fernando ...
In 1995, the Dodgers made history by signing right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo, a five-time All-Star in Japan's Pacific League. Nomo became the first player from a Japanese professional league to ...
“So Shotaro could really be opening up a door here.” Since Hideo Nomo in the 1990s, nearly all Japanese baseball stars became NPB greats before coming to MLB. There was never a written rule ...
He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was. He throws harder than Yu Darvish. Roki Sasaki is the most talented pitcher Japan has produced, and the 23-year-old with a 6-foot-4 frame and 102.5-mph ...
Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him ...