Ichiro Suzuki

The story of women's baseball around the world follows the lives of seven star players at the pinnacle of their game who are forging a path forward for future generations of female athletes.

Baseball's Seasons is a documentary series on MLB Network. Each episode takes a look at a season in the history of Major League Baseball. It first aired January 7, 2009 in the first week of the network's existence. Like a lot of the network's other original programming, Baseball's Seasons airs during baseball's offseason.

Furuhata Ninzaburō est une série télévisée japonaise diffusée périodiquement sur Fuji Television de 1994 à ses derniers épisodes en 2006. Elle a été écrite par le dramaturge japonais Kōki Mitani et est souvent considérée comme la version japonaise de Columbo. Il s'agit d'une série policière dramatique mettant en vedette l'acteur Masakazu Tamura dans le rôle de Furuhata Ninzaburo et Masahiko Nishimura dans le rôle stéréotypé de son acolyte maladroit, Shintaro Imaizumi. L'émission était diffusée chaque semaine et présentait à chaque fois un méchant invité, généralement un talent célèbre au Japon. Des pop-stars comme SMAP, des animateurs de télévision comme Sanma Akashiya et même des sportifs comme Ichiro Suzuki ont participé à cette émission. C'est l'un des téléromans les plus populaires de l'histoire de la télévision japonaise, qui a donné naissance à plusieurs saisons et à des émissions spéciales.

Emanating from Studio 42 -- named in honor of Jackie Robinson -- in MLB Network's Secaucus, N.J., headquarters, this series features the Hall of Fame-worthy interview skills of Bob Costas talking baseball with the legends of the game, Hall of Famers in their own right. Guests including Willie Mays, Bob Feller, Hank Aaron, George Brett, Reggie Jackson and Cal Ripken Jr. have graced the replica baseball field-designed studio set, reminiscing with Costas about their days on the diamond while also discussing current events and issues surrounding the game. Costas has also spent time on the show with broadcasters Al Michaels and Ernie Harwell, entertainer and big-time baseball fan Billy Crystal, and fronted episodes discussing baseball in Cuba and the state of umpiring.

This two-part sequel to the 1994 series Baseball continues the story of America's national pastime from the early 1990s to 2010. This transformational period leads off with the 1994 players' strike. Other key developments and milestones include the increasing dominance of Latino and Asian players who truly turn the game international; skyrocketing profits; the Red Sox' historic World Series victory; the astonishing feats of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds; and the revelations about performance-enhancing drugs that cast a shadow over many athletic accomplishments.