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Japanese baseball players in MLB honoured with unique manhole covers
In a new campaign celebrating the impact of Japanese stars in Major League Baseball, its 12 active players have been honoured ...
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MLB Celebrates The League’s Japanese Stars With 12 Custom Manhole Covers Across Japan
Major League Baseball will celebrate the league’s 12 active Japanese players through custom manholes that will feature one player in each design, to be installed at locations associated with that ...
MLB to Celebrate Cardinals’ Lars Nootbaar, Other Japanese Players with Custom Manhole Covers
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is among 12 active Japanese MLB players that will be celebrated with custom manhole covers in Japan.
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Japanese baseball fans are crazy for Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. MLB has a plan to get them to root for every team
dating back to barnstorming games that saw players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig play in exhibition games in Japan to the now deeper relationship between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball.
Japanese baseball icon, ‘Mr. Pro Baseball,’ dies at 89: ‘A national star’
Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, known in Japan as "Mr. Pro Baseball," has died at age 89, his former team, the Yomiuri Giants, announced.
MLB designed manhole covers in Japan for each of the country’s 12 major league players
Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo leans into a trendy artistic canvas in Japan to trace the players’ journeys to the global stage.
Long hair and hot dogs: Meet the Japanese baseball stars making their mark on the Cubs
Shota Imanaga, also known as the "Throwing Philosopher," told NBC News that his teammates compliment his "beautiful hair" but his mom and friends think it's time for a trim.
Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball legend with ties to the Dodgers, dies at 89
Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima has died at age 89. Former Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley once tried to buy his contract. Shohei Ohtani posted his respects on Instagram.