On June 4, 1964, Los Angeles Dodgers Hall-of-Fame left-hander Sandy Koufax tossed his third of four career no-hitters. This ...
In what might be one of the coolest hobby announcements that we’ve seen in the last twenty years, Topps recently announced that the first licensed Hideo Nomo autographs since 2005, would be released ...
On June 2, 1995, Hideo Nomo earned the first Major League victory of his career, giving up one run on two hits while pitching ...
When Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, the public enthusiasm for the pitcher “was like a wave, and it just kept getting bigger and bigger,” Barry Stockhamer recalls. Stockhamer worked for the ...
That player was Hideo Nomo. After debuting with the NPB’s Kintetsu Buffaloes as a 21-year-old rookie in 1990, Nomo was an instant success. Using a deceptive, torso-twisting, overhead windup, a mid-90s ...
On February 13, 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed star Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 million signing bonus. The deal was made possible due to a loophole ...
Peter Magowan was as curious as anyone about how Hideo Nomo would handle it. Magowan is the owner of the same Giants club that had put Masanori Murakami on the mound in 1964-65, the only other time a ...
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres have hired Hideo Nomo as an adviser to baseball operations to help expand their presence in the Pacific Rim. Nomo was the first Japanese player to permanently move to ...
Paul Skenes has been in the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates for just over two months. And in that time, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft has taken the league by storm — while also ...
Hideo Nomo pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers managed just enough offense to beat the New York Mets 2-1 Wednesday night. Los Angeles, last in the NL with 118 ...
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The David Bednar splitter, as the pitch is labeled by those who have borrowed the grip, didn’t start out that way. It was the Hideo Nomo splitter first, since Bednar learned the ...
1923 — In Chicago, Ill., two Black Sox sue the White Sox. Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch seek $400,000 in damages and $6,750 in back salary for conspiracy and injury to their reputation in the ...