Suzuki spent nine seasons with Orix in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball before joining MLB and the Mariners in 2001. While Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo was a star for the Dodgers in the 1990s, ...
Former Phillie Gary Matthews, a the keynote speaker at the 63rd Annual Reading Hot Stovers Banquet, has a wealth of stories ...
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 ...
Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in ...
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Dodgers stars Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman are among the many Los Angeles sports figures donating to help those affected ...
Shohei Ohtani concluded his extraordinary 2024 by ... “Can’t wait for the little rookie to join our family soon!” Ohtani announced in a separate social media post in late February that ...
The announcement naturally included Ohtani’s beloved dog Dekopin, or “Decoy,” who was laying down on his back next to the baby gear. “Can’t wait for the little rookie to join our family ...