The multitude of Japanese stars in MLB today wouldn't be possible if Nomo hadn't first made the leap 30 years ago.

That all changed, forever and for the better, in 1994, when the agent Nomura, a wonderfully gifted pitcher named Hideo Nomo and an indomitably fierce lawyer named Jean Afterman collaborated to ...

For 13 years, San Diego Padres front office advisor Hideo Nomo has flown a group of kids from Japan to San Diego to experience a week of baseball activities in Southern California. The kids get an ...

(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File) Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Hideo Nomo throws during the first inning against the Houston ...

Yu Darvish pulled even with Hideo Nomo's career win total on Tuesday, but the San Diego Padres right-hander said he and the Japanese baseball Hall of Famer are still in different leagues.

But it was thirty years later when pitcher Hideo Nomo came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 that Japan's presence in the big leagues really started to be felt. His unorthodox delivery ...

But it was thirty years later when pitcher Hideo Nomo came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 that Japan’s presence in the big leagues really started to be felt. His unorthodox delivery ...