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

On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national ...

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

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 ...

Obviously, you talk about Los Angeles, there’s little Tokyo, there’s a very good ... when they signed Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 million signing bonus.

Ichiro Suzuki has become the first Japanese player to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Dodgers star Shohei ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ichiro Suzuki ... seal Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic championship. There is also a Hideo Nomo exhibit featuring a silhouette of his iconic tornado windup.