Kazuyoshi Tatsunami highlights tough choices for upcoming Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame class
For the first time in two years, there are no slam-dunk candidates on this winter's ballot for Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, the longtime second baseman and later third baseman for the Central League's Chunichi Dragons, is best positioned to receive the 75 ...
Desire to beat Giants spurred Hall of Famers to glory
In many ways, the fates have tied Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu together in their careers, and on Monday they shared another thing — membership in Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame. Born roughly four months apart in Okayama Prefecture, the two were familiar with each ...
Catcher Tsutomu Ito and pitchers Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu were inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday. Ito, the catcher for the Seibu Lions' Pacific League dynasty of the 1980s and 1990s, was elected in the players division. The Chiba Lotte Marines ...
Hawks skipper Kudo, Takatsu among newcomers on Hall of Fame ballot
Fresh off his victory in the Japan Series as the rookie manager of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Kimiyasu Kudo was placed on the ballot for Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Kudo, who won 224 games in a career spent with the Seibu Lions, ...
Visit to Cooperstown brings back memories of youth
Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Check. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Check. Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. MAS can now put a check in that box as well. He recently completed a personal Hall of Fame hat trick by journeying ...
Baseball Hall of Fame selection process needs change
It took a highly successful NCAA basketball coach, Tom Crean of Indiana University, to put into words what MAS learned long ago as a head high school football coach. Crean admirably admitted: "Coaches receive FAR too much credit for a team winning — and FAR ...
