Uh Oh, It’s Oh

January 1, 2013 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment

Hey baseball fans! Happy New Year!! Anyway, for today’s post, I will be blogging about a baseball player who never played in the states, but is one of the most popular international baseball players of all time. Sadaharu Oh played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1959-1980 in the professional Japanese baseball league. He originally was […]

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Crossing the Pacific

October 5, 2010 by Aaron Somers · 1 Comment

The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, Korea. Baseball was merely a â€œdemonstrationâ€ sport but that didnâ€™t mean that the competition wasnâ€™t fierce. Eight teams participated in the tournament which saw a final game played between the United States and Japan. The US team â€“ led by future Major Leaguers Robin Ventura, Jim Abbott, […]

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