Pennant Race! Collecting and Translating 1974 Calbee Series 1 (Part 3)
#4 Sadaharu Oh - First Baseman (Giants) Oh was a pitcher at his alma mater Waseda Jitsugyo High, where he helped his team win Spring Koshien in 1957. In ‘ 59 he joined the Giants as a pitcher. [ Baseball Museum ] Sakushin Gakuin High won the spring and summer National High School Baseball Tournaments back-to-back in 1962. In ‘ 65, Chukyo-Sho High became just the second to do so. #15 Isao Shibata - Outfielder (Giants) Shibata has declared that he will take back his stolen base title. It ’ s the return of the red-gloved gentleman thief! [ Baseball Museum ] Fukumoto (Hankyu) has the most stolen bases in a single season with 106 — a world record. 怪盗 ( k aitou), the Japanese word used to describe Shibata here , literally means “mysterious thief,” but this word is really only used in the context of a fictional archetype like Arsène Lupin , so I ’ ve opted for “gentleman thief” rather than a literal translation. Shi...