This was just the eighth game of Ichiro’s major-league career, after he became the first position player from Japan to make the jump to MLB. There was still much curiosity about how Ichiro ...

Like these guys, for instance: (*still hadn’t come over from Japan) Do we forget how young Vladdy still is? It feels like Vlad Guerrero Jr. has been around for almost as long as Andrew McCutchen.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Daniel Guerrero Apr 9, 2025 Apr 9, 2025 0 Post-Dispatch columnist Lynn Worthy joined Jeff Gordon to break down what went ...

Tanaka is just one of several Japanese players to come to the United States and have success during the 2000s. Ichiro Suzuki, Kaz Sasaki, Hideki Matsui and Shohei Ohtani are just some of the names ...

He was the first Seattle player with a batting average of over .320 since Ichiro Suzuki hit .352 in 2009. The Giants, who won the game on the next pitch on a single by Wilmer Flores, challenged ...

Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive Japanese Grand Prix, putting the F1 grid on notice that he is not done yet. [US, Mexico & Canada customers only] April 6, 2025; Suzuka, JAPAN; Max ...

“A lot of people have been telling me that I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. Those are nice words and I try not to think about it, but when the call came, it made it real. It was a pretty ...

Ichiro Suzuki and Albert Pujols. Ichiro took the field with the Mariners for the first time on April 2, 2001, after deciding to transition from playing in Japan to the Majors. Pujols, meanwhile, made ...

2001 — For the first time in major league history, a Japanese position player participates in a regular season game. Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, hitless in his first three at-bats, ...