It’s been six years since the last MLB game in Tokyo, when Ichiro Suzuki bid a tear-jerking goodbye to baseball. It feels ...

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

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

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

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo believes the lefty is “big league ready.” ...

On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national ...

Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition ...

A decade ago, he might not have gotten in at all. Ichiro Suzuki’s Hall of Fame case is as airtight as a player’s could be. With more than 3,000 hits in his MLB career and more than 4,000 when ...

Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer ... Nippon Professional Baseball before joining MLB and the Mariners in 2001. While Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo was a star for the Dodgers in the 1990s, ...

Players are elected to the Hall of Fame provided they are named on at least 75% of ballots cast by eligible voting members of ...