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.
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 ...
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How star pitcher Hideo Nomo, an agent and a lawyer changed the landscape of MLB forever
All across Tokyo, interlocking L.A. hats dot the bustling ... a wonderfully gifted pitcher named Hideo Nomo and an indomitably fierce lawyer named Jean Afterman collaborated to take advantage ...
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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 ... Perhaps, it is not great for the global game that the season opener in Tokyo might be the only time that some fans get to see Japan ...
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From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan’s baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki was having his ... But it was thirty years later when pitcher Hideo Nomo came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 that Japan’s presence in the big leagues really ...
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From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
TOKYO – Two springs ago ... It’s been 30 years since Hideo Nomo came stateside with the Dodgers, and 24 years since Ichiro Suzuki debuted with the Seattle Mariners and broke conventional ...