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There are plenty of Hot Stove topics occupying the sports pages this offseason, from the Yankees/Derek Jeter saga to what team will land Cliff Lee. There’s another story developing between the West Coast and Japan that is equally as intriguing. The struggle between the Oakland A’s and Rakuten Golden Eagles right-handed ace Hisashi Iwakuma have many in Japan calling for a revision of the posting system and …

In 1995, when Hideo Nomo left Japan and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he actually did something pretty monumental.
Consider this…he became the first Japanese-born Major Leaguer since Masanori Murakami 30 years prior.  He also became the first Japanese-born player to relocate permanently to the American Major Leagues considering Murakami played only two seasons with the San Francisco Giants before returning to Japan for the remainder of his career.
Oh…he also had those two no-hitters (he’s the only …

No, no, no, the Pirates simply winning a road game hasn’t quite fallen into the “milestone” category yet. Maybe it will if this pace keeps up, but to Friday’s winning pitcher, this means a lot more than improving the Bucs’ 2010 mark to 57-103.
Chan Ho Park, who got the victory in relief (throwing 3 perfect, dominant innings–he struck out six!), passed Hideo Nomo for the most wins …

Via Hardball Talk:

FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal heard from a source Saturday that right-hander Yu Darvish is likely to be “posted” this winter, meaning teams in Major League Baseball will have a crack at luring him away from the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Darvish is only 24 and widely considered one of the top pitchers in Japan.  He has won two MVP awards in his first five seasons of …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …

Playing a little catch-up here:
Aug. 30

Hideo Nomo, 42: Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm, by Edmon Rodman
Frank Robinson, 75: Robinson has published a couple of his own titles, including My Life Is Baseball (1975), Frank: The First Year (1976), and Extra Innings (1988). Other titles about Robinson include Russ Schneider’s Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager and Frank Robinson, Born Leader, by Al Hirshberg. As with many …