Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
Expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Cooperstown on Tuesday, Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride and ...
2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's
Hoping to become a two-way player in MLB just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass ...
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...
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How Losing the War Gave Japan Its Favorite Game
Baseball’s rise in Japan is a tale of cultural transformation and resilience. Introduced before World War II, the sport fell out of favor during Japan’s militaristic era, only to be revived during the ...
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Japan's iconic cheer squads? You can thank college football
Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...
Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old 2-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...