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 ...

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 ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot. “There’s one writer that I wasn’t able to get a vote ...

Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki has humorously addressed the one Hall of Fame voter who did not select him, despite an otherwise near-unanimous decision. Ichiro, famed for his exceptional career ...

After having oh-so-narrowly missed a unanimous Baseball Hall of Fame selection, legendary outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had a message for the sole journalist who didn’t vote for him. Ichiro ...