Earlier this week
...heart problems, and Bill Russell becomes the Dodgers' third manager in 43 years. Brett Butler returns from cancer surgery. Hideo Nomo throws a no-hitter in Colorado. Much drama, but a familiar ending, the wild-card Dodgers bouncing out of the playoffs in...
...but this is borderline insanity. Look, I get it. From the NPB’s perspective, this is a matter of “survival”. From Hideo Nomo to Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball has been losing its biggest national stars for over a decade now and consequently, fan...
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...Yankee debut and the crowd was very excited about the highly touted import. At last, the Yankees would have their own Hideo Nomo. Irabu wasn't bad, striking out 9 in 6 2/3 innings. But I never got the same sense that the Yankee fans were going to embrace...
...five innings and improved to 17-2 in becoming the first Japanese-born pitcher to win 17 games in a major-league season. Hideo Nomo had held the previous mark, winning 16 games three different seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers. “The numbers alone...
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...of the sport here and there. Fans wondered whether Nomo was star material or just exotic hype. They soon got their answer: Hideo Nomo was a rising star. But these days, 1995 might as well be 1895 for the 39-year-old pitcher. If he's any kind of star...
...the 1990s, the Dodgers had five straight National League Rookie of the Year awards. Although I liked all of them, Hideo Nomo changed the complexion of Major League Baseball forever. Without his bravery to challenge the status quo in Japan, I don't think...
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