Nippon League Baseball

Japanese star Roki Sasaki now a Dodger

'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.

U.S. News & World Report · 21h

Dodgers Announce Deal With Prized Japanese Pitcher Roki Sasaki, Who Gets $6.5 Million Signing Bonus

The Dodgers have announced their deal with prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, agreeing to a minor league contract with a $6.5 million signing bonus

Los Angeles Times · 3h

The Sports Report: Dodgers officially welcome Roki Sasaki

Less than a week after announcing he would sign with the Dodgers in one of this offseason’s major free agency coups, 23-year-old Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki was introduced by the team at a celebratory news conference — the latest star-player reception for a team that has been stockpiling them over the last several winters.

Ichiro Suzuki ELECTED BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

FOXSports on MSN · 1d

Ichiro Suzuki becomes first player from Japan to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great hitter is heading to Cooperstown, with C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner joining him.

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's much more than that in Japan. “He healed the wounds in Japan’s national psyche,” Kiyoteru Tsutsui, professor of sociology at Stanford University, told The Associated Press.

NBC News on MSN · 1d

Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Asian player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki, the dominant contact hitter whose 19 years in the major leagues, most of them with the Seattle Mariners, were lined with records and accolades, on Tuesday became the first Asian player elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame.

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Nippon Professional Baseball

Prior to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball officially posting right-hander Roki Sasaki for major league clubs last month, Major League Baseball conducted an investigation ...

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Brewers sign a pitcher from Japanese league with one of the most unique fastballs in baseball

A pitcher who spent last season playing in Japan has signed with a major-league club, but it isn't Roki Sasaki. The Milwaukee ...

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Shohei Ohtani’s Favorite Beverage, ‘Oi Ocha,’ Signs Partnership Contract with Major League Baseball Across Japan and the United States

(President and Representative Director: Daisuke Honjo, Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo), the world's No. 1 unsweetened green tea beverage brand "Oi Ocha" (*1) and Major League Baseball (MLB), announced ...

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

"He's a very talented baseball player with enough athleticism ... Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan's Central League, played for Oakland in 2011. "This team has history," Morii said through ...

The Washington Post8d

Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old 2-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics

“He’s a very talented baseball player with enough athleticism ... Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan’s Central League, played for Oakland in 2011. “This team has history,” Morii said ...

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Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the ...

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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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The lone voter who left Ichiro off their Hall of Fame ballot needs to reveal themselves

Ichiro Suzuki is unquestionably one of the best baseball players ever to grace this planet. His 3,089 hits compiled ...

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