(L to R) Masanori Murakami, a former Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who was the first Japanese to play in the US, Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, former US player Warren Cromartie, who played in both MLB and NPB leagues, and US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pose with baseball memorabilia at the end of a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)