Convinced by good friend Hideo Nomo to make the pan-Pacific leap from NPB to MLB , Yoshii signed with the Mets in 1998 .
Convinced by good friend Hideo Nomo to make the pan-Pacific leap from NPB to MLB , Yoshii spent two years with the club .
Convinced by good friend Hideo Nomo to make the pan-Pacific leap from NPB to MLB , Yoshii signed with the Mets in 1998 and spent two years with the club .