Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. “He healed the wounds in Japan’s national psyche, ...
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BASBALL/ Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment
Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a “great cultural ...
Fenway made a big impression on Billy Wagner while he was on the road to Cooperstown
Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.
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Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a “great cultural ...