Pennant Race! Collecting and Translating 1974 Calbee Series 1 (Part 2)
1974 Calbee kicks off the same as the ‘ 73 se t, being front-loaded with Giants players. Unlike ‘73, I don’t know definitively that the Giants cards were printed in greater quantity, but that seems to be the case based on eye test alone. #2 Sadaharu Oh - First Baseman ・ Captain (Giants) This season, Oh has a lot of challengers aiming to be the home run king. Yamashita and Tabuchi cannot be overlooked. [ Baseball Museum ] During his high school days, Oh was Waseda Jitsugyo ’ s ace. He threw an 11 inning no-hit, no-run game against Neyagawa High at the 1957 Summer Koshien Tournament. This card highlights an interesting difference between Japanese and American baseball: no-hitters are perceived slightly differently. The term ノーヒットノーラン ( no-hitto, no-ra h n ) is the de-facto Japanese term for a no-hitter. But a no-hitter and a no-hit, no-run game aren’t , of course, precisely the same . With a no-hitter, as we know, runs...