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Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
There was something in Ichiro for every ‘yakyu’ fan Ichiro started playing baseball at age 7 on a Little League team near Nagoya in central Japan. Sure, baseball is baseball, but the culture around ...
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Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan
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Ichiro Suzuki, about to be a Hall of Famer, means more than baseball to Japan
TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the ...
Washington Times24d
Hall of Fame moment would elevate Ichiro to cultural icon status in Japan
TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the ...
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Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Ichiro started playing baseball at age 7 on a Little League team near Nagoya in central Japan. Sure, baseball is baseball, but the culture around the game — known as “yakyu” (field ball ...
The Roanoke Times24d
Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan’s economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades ...