Ichiro Suzuki, on getting drilled by Hideo Nomo in the fifth inning In Japan ... While Lampkin imagined blood running through the streets of Tokyo, he and the other players were nonchalant ...

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, ...

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 ...

And his fame has now surpassed that of players like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideo Nomo, who came before him ... who teaches politics and culture in Tokyo at Sophia University. “Baseball is so major ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a rich history of international signings, which Hideo Nomo is part of as the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo was originally signed by the ...

What I do know is that there's more than one way to pitch a baseball, and as proof I offer up four excellent major-league pitchers: Juan Marichal, Luis Tiant, Fernando Valenzuela, and Hideo Nomo.

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 Pacific buoyed the ...

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball ... the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just ...