Ichiro about to get Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than a baseball star
Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose's 4,256. He broke George Sisler’s single ...
Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says on Instagram post he intends to sign with Los Angeles Dodgers
The 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto ...
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...
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Dodgers GM Drops Cryptic 11-Word Message on Team’s Chances in Roki Sasaki Race
Sasaki now wants to move from Japan’s professional league to the big show, better known as Major League Baseball. Not surprisingly Sasaki has drawn interest from at least 20 teams. The only ...
Top prospect Shotaro Morii 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 ...
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Japan's iconic cheer squads? You can thank college football
Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...
Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki's MLB deal could spur chaos in Latin America. Here's why
Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency ...