This week, we’re introducing you to History This Week, a HISTORY Channel original podcast. Learn about Masanori Murakami, a pitcher who became the first player to successfully make the jump from Japan to MLB – decades before Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki and other influential Japanese baseball stars did the same.

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