The Chicago Cubs trade starting pitcher Dennis Eckersley to the Oakland Athletics for three minor leaguers. Eckersley will ...

The multitude of Japanese stars in MLB today wouldn't be possible if Nomo hadn't first made the leap 30 years ago.

The first Japanese-born player in the big leagues was Masanori Murakami, who pitched for the San Francisco Giants during the 1964 and 1965 seasons. But it was thirty years later when pitcher Hideo ...

On May 2, 1995, less than six months after he upended the world of Japanese baseball, Hideo Nomo, Los Angeles Dodger, climbed an MLB mound for the first time. It was there, beneath the swirling ...

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

That would all change in 1995. Hideo Nomo was not the first Japanese player to play in MLB. That honor belongs to Masanori Murakami, who played two seasons with the San Francisco Giants in 1964 ...

But it was thirty years later when pitcher Hideo Nomo came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 that Japan's presence in the big leagues really started to be felt. His unorthodox delivery ...

He'll face Yamamoto on Tuesday in the first all-Japanese starting pitcher duel in MLB history. Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Hideo Nomo throws during the first inning against the Houston Astros ...

From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's Baseball Rise in MLB Hits High Point in Dodgers-Cubs Series TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki was having his typical day on a baseball field in 2000, putting on a ...

The vast majority of fans never knew it was there, just like the deep bond with Japan, but in 1995 that bond struck gold. Nomo-mania. "Hideo Nomo was a great player, but not just a great player.