While today we reflect on this dark period.

Hideo Nomo burst upon the baseball world with the Dodgers in 1995.The most notable Nikkei is the guy standing next to Ohtani — Dave Roberts — who now has all the weight and expectations that $700 million can bear on his shoulders.

As anyone who reads The Rafu knows.He joins the likes of Jackie Robinson.I was living in Tokyo when Nomo pitched his no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies on Sept.

with his success opening the door for generations of players from Japan that followed.There will be no turning away from games now that its Sho-Time.

Youd run into so many familiar faces there.

which has a large JA population.When celebrities announced that.

And thank you for what youve given all of us so far.He was going into hospice care.

In my last correspondence to him on the 18th.The strength and bravery that Alan Nishio modeled these past 17-18 years serve as a great reminder of how we need to live our lives —without regret nor leaving any dream unfulfilled.