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Friday, January 17, 2014
Some sweet-sounding Japanglish in TFA:
In 1995, he became the first Major Leaguer in 31 years following the pioneer pitcher Masanori Murakami (1964-65), and stirred a great sensation in the MLB. His fast ball and forkball in the unique tornado pitching earned another spectacular first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. He fanned 236 batters, the most in the National League, started in the All-Star Game, and won the Rookie of the Year. The Doctor K played for 7 teams (Dodgers, 1995-98, 2002-04; Mets, 1998; Bulwers,1999; Tigers,2000; Red Sox, 2001; Devil Rays, 2005; and Royals, 2008). One of his feats was a no-hit, no-run game in both the National and American Leagues.
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1. God Posted: January 17, 2014 at 04:19 PM (#4641263)Those Bulwers teams were fun to watch back in the day, weren't they?
If not, you have to wonder how Kaz Sasaki made it with only 627+ NPB innings in his career.
Yes, they do. Nomo and Sasaki are the first two players to split their careers between NPB and MLB to be elected, although Wally Yonamine played in the PCL before playing in Japan.
Nomo is only the THIRD player to be inducted in their first year of eligibility - even Shigeo Nagashima and Isao Harimoto had to wait!
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/01/17/baseball/nomo-elected-to-japan-hall-of-fame/#.UtmgRU3TmM8
That rookie year for Nomo (MVP, Sawamura Award, Rookie of the Year) is just amazing...
I assume there are people on Japanese baseball websites saying "WELL THAT'S NOT RATIONAL. WHAT'S NEXT, INDUCTING GOOSE GOSSAGE?"
Fair enough, but I was thinking that it'd be nice if they went all out when/if Ichiro gets voted into the Hall by having an exhibit on Japanese baseball. Have bits on early 1900's tours of Japan, Lefty O'Doul, Sadaharu Oh, Nomo, etc.
The last time I went to the hall they did have an exhibit on Caribbean players. I'm not sure if it is temporary or permanent, but they had displays on all the countries, videos of players talking about baseball in their home country, etc. There's more info on the HoF website here.
Has anybody here visited the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame?
I did. It looked like a balk.
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