Pennant Race! Collecting and Translating 1974 Calbee Series 1 (Part 6)
Time for what I think might be a bit of a Japanese baseball hot take: Koshien records aren ’ t that interesting . Did you know that some kids from Matsumoto Commercial High had 6 consecutive hits in 1924 ? Can you now picture an exhausted Jim Carrey at a hotel bar in Dumb & Dumber ? " No, and I don't CAAARE! " Five cards with five different Koshien records here for the “Baseball Museum” feature — a good idea with bad execution . Trivia is a mainstay of baseball cards. But g iven how totally dry most of these entries are, I ’ m glad Calbee phased it out eventually... For the record, Koshien itself is great and I like watching it. I’m just pretty indifferent to lore that doesn’t involve prominent future pros. (Sadaharu Oh throwing a no-hitter at the tourney is an example of interesting Koshien trivia). #21 Kurata - Pitcher (Giants) Kurata has risen from the bottom of the heap through his hard work. He changed his mechanics and found great success ...