During the gestation period for the place that would become baseball’s sacred shrine, Time Magazine, the New York Times and other periodicals referred to it as the “Baseball Hall of Fame.” Then, when the stately brick building housing the Hall officially opened in 1939,

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition of lefty ace CC Sabathia, that he managed to get that elusive World Series ring.

Despite pursuing the two biggest Japanese superstars to come over to MLB in the past two years (Yoshinobu Yamamoto last offseason and Roki Sasaki this offseason

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025. The final results were unveiled Tuesday

There's not much question that while Major League Baseball remains the most prestigious and competitive league in the world, several other international professional leagues have closed the gap. In light of this,

The baseball world was left delighted on Ichiro's induction into Cooperstown. But who opted to keep him off their ballot and deny him the glory of being a unanimous choice?

This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes on Friday. It is a big deal that one of the most talented pitchers on Earth is destined for Dodger Blue, but there's more going on here.

But hitters? Ichiro was MLB's first Japanese-born position player. Hideki Matsui wouldn’t arrive in the Bronx for another two years. Shohei Ohtani was nearly two decades away from his fairly regular 40-homer campaigns, to go along with his pitching.

The Dodgers' 2025 roster is poised to make history, as noted by Sarah Langs of MLB.com: "No team has ever ... for legends like Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish, Kenta Maeda, Kazuhisa ...

Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after ... s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose’s 4,256.

Read the recent PGA news and rumors about Hideki Matsuyama for fantasy golf. Hideki Matsuyama has been blistering hot to start 2025, with a

It was another Signature victory for Hideki Matsuyama and an all-time PGA Tour record. Matusyama, the stoic, slow-swinging native of Japan, birdied the par-5 18th hole of the Kapalua Plantation ...