A once-in-a-generation player who earned the admiration of baseball fans in North America -- the birthplace of the sport -- has now received the highe ...

FILE - Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan ... Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence in a period of national ...

However, it was not so for Ichiro Suzuki, who was elected to the Baseball ... Thanks to the trail blazed by Ichiro and Hideo Nomo, among others, many young Japanese ballplayers are now going ...

There's not much question that while Major League Baseball remains the most prestigious and competitive league in the world, ...

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo ...

An unprecedented left-handed batter raised in Japan has accomplished yet another feat. His brilliant performances and ...

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.

During the gestation period for the place that would become baseball’s sacred shrine, Time Magazine, the New York Times and ...

Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki isn't overlooking the fact a single voter prevented him from becoming the second unanimous Hall of Fame inductee in the sport's history. Suzuki, who was inducted ...

Earlier this week, Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki became the newest member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro was voted into Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility ...