Japanese Baseball Team

Roki Sasaki, Los Angeles Dodgers and Japan

Dodgers introduce prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who gets $6.5 million signing bonus

The Los Angeles Dodgers introduced prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki on Wednesday after he agreed to a minor league contract with a $6.5 million signing bonus. The 23-year-old pitcher donned a No. 11 jersey with R.

AOL · 11h

Dodgers introduce Roki Sasaki, who says Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn't influence his decision to join team

Sasaki said he prioritized joining a team that would embrace a Japanese player, but explained that there were other reasons that he ultimately chose the Dodgers.

Reuters · 18h

'Journey just beginning': Japan's Sasaki signs with Dodgers

Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the Dodgers on Wednesday that will see him team up with fellow Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Ichiro Suzuki ELECTED BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

Hosted on MSN · 4h

Ichiro Suzuki Becomes 1st Japanese Player Elected To Baseball Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki has made history as the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, leading the 2024 class alongside CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he’s more than just a baseball star

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan. Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as the national economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 1d

Baseball world reacts to Ichiro Suzuki's near-unanimous Hall of Fame selection

Ichiro Suzuki has been named to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the possible vote. Here are the best reactions from around the internet.

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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 ...

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 ...

ABC News4d

Ichiro about to get Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than a baseball star

Ichiro started playing baseball at age 7 on a Little League team near Nagoya in central Japan. Sure, baseball is baseball, but the culture around the game — known as “yakyu” (field ball ...

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Sasaki vows to 'give best' to fire-torn LA at Dodgers unveiling

Japanese baseball prodigy Roki Sasaki issued a pledge of solidarity on Wednesday as he was formally unveiled by the Los ...

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