Pennant Race! Collecting and Translating 1974 Calbee Series 1 (Part 11)
Part 11 of my ‘ 74 Series 1 translation run. Be sure to check out the archive of all the cards I have translated so far here . #18 Suetsugu - Outfielder (Giants) It ’ s tough batting third, knowing that ON are waiting after you. Suetsugu ’ s ability to hit the ball right back up the middle is the best on the team. It remains to be seen whether he can keep up his performance in the second half of the season, however. Like card #17 preceding it, this card also mentions Suetsugu batting third. As I wrote previously, it seems that that blurb (and this one) was written during a brief stretch between May 10th-20th when he batted primarily in the three-hole instead of Oh (although it may have been spring training depending on when ‘ 74 Calbee first came out)? Manager Kawakami switched his lineup around quite a bit that year. During this Suetsugu-hitting-third experiment, the now-diminished Shigeo Nagashima tended to hit fifth, making me wonder if it wasn...