Vote up the top MLB players who are currently active. The world of Major League Baseball is expanding each and every day, and now Japanese baseball players and the best Nippon Professional Baseball players are making their way to the MLB to show the world the skills, drive, and passion the...
Vote up the top MLB players who are currently active. The world of Major League Baseball is expanding each and every day, and now Japanese baseball players and the best Nippon Professional Baseball players are making their way to the MLB to show the world the skills, drive, and passion the...
Japan was a land of mystery to American baseball fans for many years, but it's safe to say the perception has changed -- a Japanese-born player just agreed to the richest contract in the history of sports. The success of many players from the Land of the
There are currently 12 Japanese players in Major League Baseball (MLB) and their rarity results in significant attention. However, 23 of the 59 Japanese MLB players in the past only played for one or two years or were on the disabled list for most of the
Having Japanese players in the major leagues is a relatively new phenomenon. Japan has its own major league, and judging by the quality of players who have attempted to make the leap to the more lucrative contracts in Major League Baseball, it's a very good league that's probably a little...
Jones is equally convinced that Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto is poised for immediate Major League stardom, once he is posted for MLB clubs during the upcoming offseason. •History of baseball in Japan “I love me some Yamamoto,” Jones told me recently. ...
The Transfer of Japanese Baseball Players to Major League Baseball: Have Japanese Ball Players Been Internationalised?Japanlabourlabour migrationprofessional baseballinternationalisationThis article forms part of a monograph that examines the discourse and practice of the internationalisation of Japan through a...
In 1966, Major League Baseball and the Japan professional leagues signed an agreement to honor each other's players contracts—a deal that effectively stopped Japanese players from playing in the big leagues for nearly 30 years. Following Murakami's debut, no other player from Japan made it to...
We examined the use of superstitious behavior by major league baseball players in the United States and Japan. The majority of professional players in both countries reported using superstitious behaviors but expressed little confidence that the behavior actually affected outcomes. Consistent with the unce...
Japan's Top Players- Analysis of the best Japanese baseball players ever with annotated rankings. The Rating System-Description of the systems used to rate Japan's top players. All Decade Teams- Best players by decade, with sections on each league and overall. ...