Whiting used the pitcher Hideo Nomo’s transition as a guide and came up with something like a .285 average with 11 home runs and 25 stolen bases. “Some stupid formula I dreamed up,” Whiting ...

While pitchers, including Hideo Nomo, had already played in the US ... staff en route to a World Series title in 2009. The 53-year-old Wagner, meanwhile, was in his 10th and final year of ...

Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a “great cultural ...

Per @GaijinBaseball on "X:" 6/12/1993 At a countryside Kansai Derby game in Nagaoka, Buffaloes ace Hideo Nomo is taking a shutout into the 8th inning Then a 19 year old kid who came into the game ...

Yet in 2001, Japanese impact players in the bigs were entirely pitchers, with Hideo Nomo shooting to superstardom a few years earlier. But hitters? Ichiro was MLB's first Japanese-born position ...

Some baseball fans today may not be familiar with Hideo Nomo, but he was a well-known pitcher during his time in MLB. Before coming to the big leagues, he was a star pitcher in the Nippon Professional ...

He has better control than Shohei Ohtani had at the same stage of his career. He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was. He throws harder than Yu Darvish. Roki Sasaki is the most talented pitcher ...

The Dodgers have long been trailblazers in the international market, from Hideo Nomo to Chan Ho Park to Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Adding Sasaki to their rich tapestry of global stars ...

The success of many players from the Land of the Rising Sun -- from Hideo Nomo to Ichiro Suzuki to Shohei Ohtani-- has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Japanese players have what it takes to ...

Hideo Kojima may be calling it quits soon when it comes to creating video games. The video game legend took to X to speak on his longevity in the industry. In a new post on X, Kojima shares that ...