Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, holds a baseball thrown by former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo during a no-hitter for the Dodgers in 1996, while sitting next to a jersey (L) worn by Dodgers' Japanese player Shohei Ohtani at the beginning of the current season, during 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)