The San Francisco Giants celebrated Masanori Murakami's 60th anniversary ... World Series as his best baseball moment so far. His answer to the perennial "one player from the past you could ...

It has been 60 years since Masanori ... day noted Murakami received a “brisk round of applause when he left.” The night was important because it was the first time a Japanese player had ...

Shohei Ohtani has made Major League Baseball history, but it was Masanori Murakami who laid the groundwork 60 years ago when he became the first Japanese player in MLB. Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Yokohama (Japan) (AFP) – Shohei Ohtani has made Major League Baseball history but it was Masanori Murakami who laid the groundwork 60 years ago when he became the first Japanese player in MLB.

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Shohei Ohtani has made Major League Baseball history but it was Masanori Murakami who laid the groundwork 60 years ago when he became the first Japanese player in the league.

Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese and Asian player to step foot in MLB ... of the season with the main squad in San Francisco. The baseball great spent two seasons in San Francisco aged ...

The game was kicked off by a ceremonious first pitch from Masanori Murakami. Baseball fans will know Murakami as the first Japanese-born player to reach MLB. He is a huge reason MLB now features ...

Shohei Ohtani has made MLB history, but it was Masanori Murakami who laid the groundwork ... Now 80 and with a twinkle in his eye, Murakami said that Ohtani is a “model” baseball player and the ...

Masanori Murakami defied abuse ... to more than just his ability on the baseball diamond. "Ohtani has a translator but he gets on very well with the other players -- they're always laughing ...