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 ...
The New York Times5d
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
“I’m sure we’ve seen 100, if not 1,000, of those kinds of leads with a video of a player,” said Adam Hislop, the Athletics’ Pacific ... Japanese Amateur Baseball Association, the team ...
Nippon4d
Another Japanese Ace Heads Abroad: Implications for Pitcher Sasaki Rōki’s Move to Major League Baseball
On April 10, 2022, he threw the sixteenth perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball history ... valuable player in the Pacific League. Ohtani’s achievements in Japan go beyond what Sasaki ...
ESPN5d
2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei ... scouting Steve Sharpe, Pacific Rim coordinator Adam Hislop and Japan scout Toshiyuki Tomizuka for helping reach ...
Ichiro Suzuki is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he’s more than just a baseball star
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 ...
ABC News5d
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 ... scouting Steve Sharpe, Pacific Rim coordinator Adam Hislop and Japan scout Toshiyuki Tomizuka for helping reach ...
The Boston Globe5d
Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei ... scouting Steve Sharpe, Pacific Rim coordinator Adam Hislop and Japan scout Toshiyuki Tomizuka for helping reach ...