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

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 ...

It’s tempting to say Ichiro Suzuki, with his detached sense of cool, record-breaking hitting prowess and ... first Japanese-born position player. Hideki Matsui wouldn’t arrive in the Bronx ...

When Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame ... selection by one vote after paving the way for future stars like Hideki Matsui and ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons ... after learning that Sabathia had been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Matsui issued a statement honoring his former teammate.

TOKYO--Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than ... Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani ... Asked whether the success of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB ...

(Kyodo) NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were ... on the back of 1,278 he hit for the Orix Blue Wave in Nippon Professional Baseball, closing with 4,367 in total.

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani ... Asked whether the success of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him ...

On Tuesday, he’s expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame ... pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the ...