College baseball notebook: Japanese star Rintaro Sasaki finds stroke right away in Stanford debut
Rintaro Sasaki certainly lived up to the yearlong hype surrounding his debut at Stanford. The slugging first baseman went 6 ...
40 years ago, the Milwaukee Brewers brought a Japanese pitching legend to spring training
In 1985, the Brewers brought pitching legend Yutaka Enatsu to spring training. He would have been the second Japanese pitcher ...
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Ichiro becomes first Japanese player elected to MLB Hall of Fame
Global baseball's hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday, just one vote shy of unanimous selection. The Seattle ...
At Stanford, Japanese prospect Rintaro Sasaki finds home away from home as a college student
As Rintaro Sasaki begins his college baseball career at Stanford with all of Japan watching, he knows there will be growing ...
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Wednesday's Baseball Roundup: Imanaga "very honored" to start against countryman in Japan, more
Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga said Wednesday he was “very honored” to receive the opening day start against the Los ...
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Japanese player to make Hall of Fame. Shohei Ohtani on track to be next
Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. That has long been the assumption among baseball fans regarding the Japanese outfielder who played the majority of his 19-year MLB career with the ...
Baseball star Ohtani’s ex-interpreter to appear in court for sentencing in betting case
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los ...
Japan plays major role on Valley's MLB spring training economic effect
Japanese stars Shoehei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are expected to help boost attendance numbers when they ...
'See Her Be Her:' New documentary to showcase growth of women's baseball around the world
"See Her Be Her" documents the lives of seven women baseball players in seven different countries. It is set to be released ...