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.
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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 ...
From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
But it was thirty years later when pitcher Hideo Nomo came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 that Japan's presence in the ...
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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.
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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From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
(CNN) — In 1934, an American team featuring the best baseball players ... That would all change in 1995. Hideo Nomo was not the first Japanese player to play in MLB. That honor belongs to ...
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From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Hideo Nomo throws during ... made the All-Star team after finishing with a 13-6 record and 2.54 ERA. Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, smiles as he ...