The Seattle Mariners Ichiro Suzuki watches the ball in the top of the third inning against Oakland Athletics during their baseball game at the Major League Baseball Japan Opening Series in Tokyo in March 2019.
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Feb 15, 2025
Ichiro to donate personal collection to Hall of Fame
Suzuki wants "to follow in the footsteps of Hank Aaron and Tom Seaver," two players who pledged their entire collections to Cooperstown, said a former Hall of Fame official.
Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki pitches during a spring training workout in Glendale, Arizona, on Wednesday.
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Feb 13, 2025
Dodgers expect Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki to pitch in Tokyo
The defending champions will face the Cubs at Tokyo Dome in March to open the MLB season.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani warms up during spring training in Glendale, Arizona, Tuesday.
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Feb 13, 2025
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani expected to throw first bullpen session this weekend
Ohtani underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2023 while still with the Los Angeles Angels. He was unable to pitch in 2024.
Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent announces the end of the MLB lockout on March 19, 1990.
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Feb 3, 2025
Fay Vincent, who tangled with owners as MLB Commissioner, dies at 86
Vincent served as commissioner just shy of three years after replacing A. Bartlett Giamatti, who held the office only five months before dying of a heart attack on Sept. 1, 1989.
Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks during his introductory news conference with the team in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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Jan 23, 2025
Dodgers introduce Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki
A frenzied sweepstakes among MLB clubs officially came to an end with Sasaki's decision to join Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in LA.
Last week, Shotaro Morii signed a minor league deal worth $1.5 million with the Athletics that defies 30 years of cultural norms holding that Japanese players should first compete in NPB before going to Major League Baseball.
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Jan 22, 2025
By signing with A’s, a two-way prospect charts a rare path out of Japan
Shotaro Morii opted to bypass NPB in order to sign a minor league deal worth $1.5 million with the Athletics.
Ichiro Suzuki finished his career with 3,089 MLB hits and is one of 33 players in the 3,000-hit club.
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Jan 22, 2025
Iconic Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro, who rose to global superstardom with the Mariners, was elected in his first year on the ballot, but fell one vote short of becoming the second player voted in unanimously.

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