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 ...
Rintaro Sasaki Excels As Teenage Trailblazer For Japanese Ball Players
Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.
BASEBALL/ Former Hanshin Tigers great Yoshio Yoshida dies at 91
Hanshin Tigers fans are mourning the death of their beloved former shortstop and manager Yoshio Yoshida, who spent his entire ...
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MLB partners with Brazilian baseball federation to provide scholarships to nearly 50 athletes
Forty-seven students between the ages of 13-17 arrived in Ibiuna, a town of nearly 80,000 in the southeast part of Sao Paulo, ...
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Cubs Owner Says It Will Be ‘Tough’ To Compete With Dodgers for Japanese Players in the Future
Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.
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Shohei Ohtani Informed the Los Angeles Dodgers They Had Landed Prized Japanese Pitcher Roki Sasaki
The 23-year-old donned a No. 11 jersey with ... a signing many baseball executives long expected. “I am deeply honored that many teams reached out to me with such enthusiasm, especially considering I ...
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Dodgers introduce prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who gets $6.5 million signing bonus
The 23-year-old pitcher donned a No. 11 jersey with ... in a signing many baseball executives long expected. “I am deeply honored that many teams reached out to me with such enthusiasm especially ...
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Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame with more than 99 percent of the vote
He is perhaps the best contact hitter ever, with 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 in MLB, including a season-record 262 in 2004. His combined total of 4,367 exceeds Pete Rose ...
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Roki Sasaki is down with L.A. New Dodgers pitcher learns city’s fingers sign at Lakers game
Sasaki is a hard-throwing right hander who compiled a 2.10 earned-run average during his four seasons as a pro in Japan. While he ... Sasaki was presented a Lakers jersey with his name and No ...
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Japanese player into MLB Hall of Fame
The Mariners made it even more special, announcing they would retire his No. 51 jersey next August ... he piled up in nine years in Japan. His 4,367 hits as a professional are the most of ...
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia Headline 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025. The final results were unveiled Tuesday on MLB Network, with at least 75 percent ...
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Asian player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki, the dominant contact hitter whose 19 years in the major leagues, mostly with the Seattle Mariners, was lined with records and accolades, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, became the first Asian ...