Rintaro Sasaki Looks to Pave New Path for Japanese Players to MLB

A slugger who went from Japan to Stanford immediately after high school has reportedly made another unprecedented career ...
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Konami Takes Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Video Game Global

When Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 as the first MLB player from Japan in three decades, his Rookie of the ...
Sportskeeda

"Japan out here being anti-women's sports" - Fans react after Kanuma High School baseball team has female player booted from tournament

Japan's Kanuma High School grabbed the attention of fans this week after a female member of their baseball team, Riko ...
The Stanford Daily

Sophomore Rintaro Sasaki pioneers Japanese baseball culture

If you walk in the vicinity of Sunken Diamond, you might hear the loud crack of a metal bat before you see it. There’s a good chance that’s sophomore Rintaro Sasaki obliterating a baseball. Last week ...
Yahoo! Sports

Baseball statue broken as it is unveiled in Seattle

A statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the Japanese baseball player, was broken as it was unveiled in Seattle on Friday. Suzuki, who is widely regarded as one of the Seattle Mariners’ greatest players, was being ...
Forbes

Rookie Nishida Joins Murakami As 2nd Japanese Chicago White Sox Player

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 25: Munetaka Murakami #5 of the Chicago White Sox and Rikuu Nishida #51 of the Chicago White Sox stand for the National Anthem before a game against the Minnesota Twins at Rate ...
ESPN

2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...