TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national ...

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride.

On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national ...

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball ... Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s confidence in a period of national ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ichiro Suzuki ... seal Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic championship. There is also a Hideo Nomo exhibit featuring a silhouette of his iconic tornado windup.

Obviously, you talk about Los Angeles, there’s little Tokyo, there’s a very good ... when they signed Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 million signing bonus.