Ichiro Suzuki, on getting drilled by Hideo Nomo in the fifth inning ... Both are off to exceptional starts – Nomo pitched a no-hitter his first game while Ichiro is batting ...

It was also the earliest no-hitter in Major League Baseball history, the April Fools’ Day performance beating Hideo Nomo’s 2001 no-hitter for Boston by three days. It was a life-changing week ...

Roki Sasaki could be the greatest Japanese pitcher ever. He hopes the Dodgers can turn him into just that, even if it means Shohei Ohtani outshines him.