OAKLAND, Calif. — Concluding a 16-year major league career, Japanese American catcher Kurt Suzuki of the Los Angeles Angels caught his final pitch where his big league career started — at the Oakland Coliseum. Two weeks before the end of the season, the former All Star and 2019 World Series champion announced his retirement. He […]

She is also the second person of Asian descent to lead a Major League team MIAMI — The Miami Marlins have pledged to build as diverse an organization as possible. On Nov. 13, they made history by announcing Kim Ng as their new general manager. Ng is the first woman to become an MLB general […]

The third time’s a charm for Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts, who led the Dodgers to their first World Series championship since 1988 Oct. 29, defeating American League champs the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in the six-game series. The victory came in Roberts’ third trip to the World Series in four years at the helm […]

TOKYO — Iconic Japanese superstar Ichiro Suzuki, who has more hits in professional baseball than any other Japanese player, walked away from his career to thunderous applause on March 21 “When I look back on it, 28 years doesn’t seem that long a time,” he said after the game. “It’s impossible to review every step […]

TOKYO, Japan — Over four games here in Japan, Ichiro Suzuki went 0-for-12. He got on base once with a walk, struck out twice with a runner on second, and still, when it was all over, the crowd went crazy. For some time, the 45-year-old said he intended to keep playing until he needed to […]

LOS ANGELES  — Shohei Ohtani, the two-way phenom known as “Japan’s Babe Ruth,”
has decided to join the Los Angeles Angels, his agent and the major league club announced Dec. 8. The move came after the 23-year-old Ohtani reportedly completed talks with the seven clubs in the running to sign the pitcher-outfielder earlier this week. “What mattered […]

DENVER, Colo. — Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki tripled on Aug. 7 and reached 3,000 career hits in the major leagues. The hit in the finale of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies tied Suzuki for 29th on the majors’ all-time hit list with Roberto Clemente. “The moment I did it, my teammates and […]