Baseball legend Oh hospitalized for stomach tumor operation
FUKUOKA -- Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh left for Tokyo on Thursday to undergo an operation to remove a stomachtumor.
Oh, who led the Japan national team to victory in the World Baseball Classic in spring, talked about his illness with reporters at Fukuoka Airport.
"I was shocked because I had thought this kind of thing would not happen to me," Oh, 66, said about his feelings when he was told about the stomach illness.
Oh added that he really wanted to stay with the Fukuoka club in the Pacific League. "But I had nothing to say about the matter because doctors say the operation is necessary," he said.
subsequenttest detected a tumor. He announced on Wednesday that he would temporarily leave the club for the operation. (Mainichi)