May 10, 2022 46 min

Ichiro

from Backwards K Pod Hosted by Jake Robinson

Before 2001, there had never been a Japanesse position player make it to Major League Baseball. This is the story about one of the greatest pure hitters the game has ever seen. His rise to and through the majors, is unlike any other story in baseball. The player shrouded in mystique, would open the door for his countrymen proving once and for all, that Japanese players could not only play in Major League Baseball, they can excell and shatter records. A true game changer in the history of the game.

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