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Post by alum on Aug 18, 2018 5:13:28 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Aug 19, 2018 9:45:00 GMT -5
I had a neighbor in my old condo who came from there, then went back. He sent me a video of one of the games, circa 1988. Quite entertaining. Also, the broadcast quality was incredibly sharp for the era. Wonder what their broadcasts look like today with high definition, etc.?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 19, 2018 12:10:26 GMT -5
This is a great story--glad you were able to find it and share it with us. I made a number of business trips to Japan but was not able to fulfill a long-time wish to see a Japanese baseball game.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 24, 2018 8:56:05 GMT -5
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Post by bison137 on Aug 24, 2018 9:25:47 GMT -5
That tournament is responsible for more ruined arms than anything else in baseball anywhere in the world. It is common for 16-year old pitchers to throw 150+ pitches in a game and then do the same thing less than 48 hours later and then do the same thing a few more times, each time within 48 hours of the last. Jeff Passan's excellent book, The Arm, has a chapter on it, and the culture around it is appalling. One 16-year old pitcher a few years ago threw 772 pitches over a 9-day span! His coach was viewed by most in the Japanese baseball community as a hero..The pitcher who threw the 772 pitches, btw, was hitting 98 mph at the age of 16 and was regarded as one of the top pitching prospects in the world. Within a year, his fastball topped out at 92 mph and he had a ruined elbow. The article mentions Yuki Saito who threw 948 pitches in one tournament, although not within nine days.
Most don't throw that many pitches - although some have thrown even more - but most SP's have their arms abused to the point they likely will have permanent arm damage.
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