The Dodgers' Hideo Nomo, with a quirky windup and devastating forkball, pioneered Japanese players coming to the U.S. by quickly becoming an All-Star. Nomomania grips L.A., Japan when Hideo Nomo ...

When Hideo Nomo debuted for the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 2, ... I went through the U.S.-Japan agreement back then. The U.S. team cannot sign players that were on the active list and restricted ...

Today, fans expect their team’s best players to one day represent Japan and prove themselves in MLB. Nomo’s success paved the way for other Japanese players. Home / MLB ...

In Japan, however, ... to join an MLB team. When news of Nomo’s retirement reached the ... On May 2, 1995, less than six months after he upended the world of Japanese baseball, Hideo Nomo, ...

San Diego Padres advisor Hideo Nomo has brought kids from Japan to Southern California for 13 years, ... (1964–65) to sign with a Major League team.

Nomo had tasted overseas baseball as a member of Japan’s silver-medal-winning team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and had been intrigued by Roger Clemens’s training program.

Yu Darvish pulled even with Hideo Nomo's career win total on Tuesday, but the San Diego Padres right-hander said he and the Japanese baseball Hall of Famer are still in different leagues. Darvish ...

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced a new exhibit, “Yakyu/Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game between Japan and the United States,” that is scheduled to open in ...

Ichiro Suzuki and Red Sox starter Hideo Nomo watch Ichiro's pop fly in the third inning. ... Ichiro had a .308 career average against Nomo in Japan, ... The team issued 16 extra one-day credentials.

And Nomo was under control for the team that had drafted him in Japan at the time, and he wanted a more lucrative contract but he couldn't really figure out a get that. But his agent found a loophole.

Nomo was 8-12, with a 4.74 ERA for the Tigers last season and led the team with 188 strikeouts, the sixth-most in the AL. Nomo has a career record of 69-61 and a 3.97 ERA in six seasons in the majors.

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now.His triumphs across the Pacific ...