Shohei Ohtani instantly became a force to be reckoned with during his 2018 rookie season in the MLB. He played in 104 games that season, hitting .285/.361/.564 with 22 home runs and 61 runs batted in.

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42. Still, he made us wait three more years to celebrate his retirement.

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition of lefty ace CC Sabathia, that he managed to get that elusive World Series ring.

The baseball world was left delighted on Ichiro's induction into Cooperstown. But who opted to keep him off their ballot and deny him the glory of being a unanimous choice?

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous.

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 Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan’s economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Ichiro Suzuki is the first Japanese-born player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He'll be joined by CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner in the Class of 2025.

Federal prosecutors have released a shocking audio recording revealing how Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, impersonated the two-way MLB superstar to authorize f

Ichiro's election to the Hall of Fame makes him the first Japanese-born player elected to the Hall of Fame. Ichiro was also the first Japanese position player in MLB history in 2001, when he was named American League MVP as well as American League Rookie of the Year after he set the MLB single-season record with 262 hits.

Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki has humorously addressed the one Hall of Fame voter who did not select him, despite an otherwise near-unanimous decision. Ichiro, famed for his except

Federal prosecutors released an audio recording in which they say Ippei Mizuhara impersonates Shohei Ohtani in an attempt to wire money from Ohtani's bank account.