Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national ...
Hall of Fame moment would elevate Ichiro to cultural icon status in Japan
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 ...
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Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the ...
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Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Decades of precedent began to crumble with an Instagram post. The post, which caught the eye of Athletics scouts, included video of a nimble teenager vacuuming up ground balls on a dirt field in ...
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Dodgers meet with Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki as MLB race heats up
The race to sign Roki Sasaki, Japan’s flamethrowing sensation, is reaching its crescendo, and the Los Angeles Dodgers have officially entered the fray. On Saturday, Sasaki and his ...
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Who is Shotaro Morii? And why is his signing with the Athletics such a big deal?
All eyes in the baseball world right now are laser-focused on Roki Sasaki. The 23-year-old Japanese flamethrowing phenom is seemingly days away from signing with an MLB club. Reports indicate that ...
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Roki Sasaki landing spots: Ranking the teams that most need Japanese ace with IFA window set to reopen
Wednesday is the opening of the 2025 international signing period and that means a bunch of teenagers in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and other countries will sign their first professional ...