in 1989, don nomura borrowed money to buy 50% of the salinas spurs, an unaffiliated class-a baseball team in the california league. npb teams sent their high school draftees to nomura's spurs for training. as a teenager, baseball player mac suzuki worked in the team's clubhouse until he began playing with the spurs in 1992. that year, suzuki became nomura's first client when he signed him to a personal representation contract. nomura then negotiated with the seattle mariners and later earned suzuki a million-dollar signing bonus. in 1992, nomura sold the spurs to a group in san bernardino. he founded the los angeles-based company kdn sports, inc. and became a full-time sports agent.