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“The Dodgers are the team Hideo Nomo joined when he first played Major League Baseball, overcoming various obstacles,” Murakami said.

As reluctant as manager Dave Roberts was to compare Yamamoto to another Japanese pitcher, he said Yamamoto reminded him of Hideo Nomo because of his reliance on his fastball and splitter.

At Ocado, a 110g bag of Nomo Creamy Choc Buttons rose from £2.43 to £3.97, a 63% increase.

It started in 1995, when Hideo Nomo became the first Japanese star to permanently move to Major League Baseball.

Roki Sasaki has the talent to be an instant sensation the way Fernando Valenzuela or Hideo Nomo were in previous generations.