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Baseball's global home run king, Sadaharu Oh, has never seen this 'level of excitement'
In the annals of baseball history, there is one home run hitter whose name stands above the rest: Sadaharu Oh, his 868 home ...
From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.
The New York Times9d
How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
And all stand on equal ground with the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Sadaharu Oh, Ichiro Suzuki and Hideo Nomo, all giants of Japan’s other adopted national pastime. Advertisement Manga’s influence ...
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In baseball-mad Japan, Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers triumph on Opening Day
No person has ever compiled more home runs in professional baseball than Sadaharu Oh, who hit 868 over 22 seasons with the Yomiuri Giants. The 84-year-old Oh’s presence on the field during ...
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From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)
In 1950, that would become Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and by the early 1960s, the Japanese game would have its first true superstars: Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima. “Those two ...