Tag: JapanTimes
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Equaling Oh’s HR record proved difficult (part 3 of 3)
Robert Whiting (Oct 31, 2008) The one big black mark on Sadaharu Oh’s reputation was, of course, the unsportsmanlike behavior of the pitchers on his team whenever foreign batsmen threatened his single season home run record of 55. The phenomenon had first surfaced in 1985, when American Randy Bass playing for the Hanshin Tigers, who…
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Devoted to the game: Looking back at Oh’s career (Part 1 of 3)
Robert Whiting (Oct 29, 2008) “He showed us all how much you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. And that’s a beautiful thing.’‘ – Hiroshi Arakawa, Sadaharu Oh’s batting sensei Sadaharu Oh has retired. The legendary baseball figure, suffering from ill health in the wake of cancer surgery, appeared in his last…
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Whiting pays tribute to Boyer, Halberstam
Robert Whiting (Jan 20, 2008) This is a tribute, long overdue, to Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, two class individuals who died last year. The former was an All-Star baseball player, one of the greatest fielding third basemen of all time. The latter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who was perhaps the greatest reporter of…
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