How star pitcher Hideo Nomo, an agent and a lawyer changed the landscape of MLB forever
The multitude of Japanese stars in MLB today wouldn't be possible if Nomo hadn't first made the leap 30 years ago.
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Not Shohei Ohtani? MLB’s First Japanese Player Picks This Legend as Japan’s Greatest US Export
There have been many MLB players from Japan, and with the Tokyo Series taking place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the ...
From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.
From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan’s baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known worldwide as manga. And all stand on equal ground with the likes of Shohei ...
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Dodgers' Japan relationship stretches back to team's 1955 World Series win. Here's a closer look
After winning their first World Series in 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers traveled to Japan for a series of exhibition games. Two ...
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Dave Roberts Said Dodgers Accomplished Mission of Painting Japan Blue
The Los Angeles Dodgers will compete against the Chicago Cubs on Opening Day at the Tokyo Dome to kick off the season.
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From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
Hideo Nomo was not the first Japanese player to play ... four-time All-Star and 2024 World Series champion Ohtani. “If you wanted to be cynical about it, you could say Oh played in smaller ...
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From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Two-way Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is widely considered the best ... Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Hideo Nomo throws during the first inning against the Houston Astros, April 25, 1996, in Los ...