The headline was jaw-dropping. Shohei Ohtani jumped ship from the Los Angeles Angels and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

The row led to a new rule that prevented Japanese players from moving to the US -- one which lasted until pitcher Hideo Nomo found a loophole that allowed him to join the Dodgers in 1995.

Fifty-three thousand fans pushed their way through the turnstiles for the must-win contest as the Dodgers and Padres played ...

That's what happened to Hideo Nomo this past June. "Called Up" vs. "Contract Purchased" When a player is summoned from the minors to the majors, you'll see that he was either "called up" or his ...

Yu Darvish pulled even with Hideo Nomo's career win total on Tuesday, but the San Diego Padres right-hander said he and the Japanese baseball Hall of Famer are still in different leagues.

A win-or-go-home Game 5 of the National League Division Series that featured starting pitchers Yu Darvish and Yoshinobu ...

What a thing. The two men responsible for their own international manias met for the first time this season Wednesday and the event became literally breathtaking when Hideo Nomo drilled Ichiro ...

Hideo Nomo (1995): 188 Kerry Wood (1998): 185 Mark Prior (2002-03): 166 Dwight Gooden (1984): 165 Paul Skenes (2024): 158 Furthermore, Langs found that Skenes recorded the second-lowest ERA over a ...

Just four rookies had started the ASG previously, the last being 26-year-old Japanese import Hideo Nomo of the Dodgers in 1995. The other rookies to start an All-Star Game were Dodgers lefthander ...

Skenes' dominance since being called up was enough to earn him the start in the All-Star game, making him the first rookie to accomplish the feat since the Dodgers' Hideo Nomo did it in 1995.

Matsui, in many ways, helped pave the road Hideo Nomo and Ichiro Suzuki had laid before him as trailblazing Japanese-born players (and position players, in Suzuki’s case) to thrive in Major ...

It’ll focus on Japanese greats like Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, and Hideo Nomo, while also looking at American players who have played in Japan. And, of course, there will be plenty about ...