Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the ...
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the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s ...
the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s ...
(Kyodo) NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer ... The 51-year-old Ichiro, Major League Baseball's first Japanese position player in 2001, had ...