TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of 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.
Per @GaijinBaseball on "X:" 6/12/1993 At a countryside Kansai Derby game in Nagaoka, Buffaloes ace Hideo Nomo is taking a shutout ... the United States and Japan. Over nine seasons, Ichiro hit ...
Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him ... manga and others creations from Japan. “It may not be an exaggeration to say that Ichiro represents Japan’s transition from the faceless ...
Since Hideo Nomo in the 1990s, nearly all Japanese baseball ... for one reason or another, were passed over by Japan’s best teams. “It was viewed almost as something you do when your options ...