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 ...
On Tuesday, he's expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and possibly only the second player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
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 ...
Right-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 ...
Prior to Ichirō, only two Japanese players, pitcher Nomo Hideo and slugger Matsui Hideki ... into the hall with a unanimous vote after Mariano Rivera, who pitched for the New York Yankees ...
As the first prominent Japanese position player to have success at the major league level, Suzuki paved the way for future MLB stars like Shohei Ohtani, Hideki ... t joined Mariano Rivera as ...
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 ...
Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous ... While covering the Yankees in 2006, I wanted to do a story on Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki centered around the idea that one of them could ...