Roki Sasaki has the talent to be an instant sensation the way Fernando Valenzuela or Hideo Nomo were in previous generations.

As a three-time World Series champion, former MVP and six-time Gold Glover in the outfield, Betts has little left to prove on ...

An American author based in Tokyo, Whiting had written three books ... Whiting used the pitcher Hideo Nomo’s transition as a guide and came up with something like a .285 average with 11 home ...

It’s been six years since the last MLB game in Tokyo, when Ichiro Suzuki bid a ... first Japan-born player in MLB in the mid-1960s, Hideo Nomo ushered in the era of Japanese stars.

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball ... to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting ...

On February 13, 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed star Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 million signing bonus. The deal was made possible due to a ...

Forced changes to baseball mechanics have derailed the careers of many ballplayers, but Hisashi Iwakuma improved spectacularly after the adjustments.

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 ...

He is also just the fifth rookie to start an All-Star game, with Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers doing so in 1995, en route to winning NL Rookie of the Year. Skenes also made the All-MLB ...