Nomura was signed as a practice player (kinda like the developmental players rn) and was supposed to be cut on 1955 but he apparently threatened Nankai to jump into one of their trains and kill himself if they dont sign with him one more year and Nankai scared of the PR nightmare that would cause signed with him for another year and the rest is history
It's great to see you doing an update to your top 100 of all time list, GB. I really enjoy learning about the history of NPB and you are one of the few who actually do it. Love your vids.
Great list! I have a few additions that probably make it to your 11-20 list. As I have done extensive NPB data research for the past 25 years with my goal being to calculate a MLE for NPB players. here are a few: Shinji Hata, Tsumoto Ito, Shuzo Arita, Shinichi Murata, Yukio Yaegashi, and Shuji Nishiyama.
I love your videos. If you're combining leadership on and off the field ( granted, a very hazy metric ), Furuta should be higher than #4. His leadership in the 2004 labor spat between players and owners, which was amazingly ugly, was decisive. Thanks to him the players ceased to be indentured servants and we've seen what Japanese baseball players have accomplished since. I'd give a lot of the credit to Furuta. I'm looking forward to the future videos in this series.
What kind of rights did the players gain from the strike? I thought their biggest win was forcing NPB to add an expansion franchise to replace the Buffaloes.
Yeah, he couldn't play without them and he didn't like contacts. While some players who wore glasses off the field played without them, Furuta's eyesight was so bad that he could barely see without them. Japan rates eyesight by decimals, with what we in the west would call a 20 being listed as 1. Furuta's eyesight came in at 0.1.
Just realized I forgot to put a Roster Patron in the end credits.
Thank you Bruce Panaccione
I still love that "the hell are you doing?" head smack from Abe.
"Listen here you little shit"
I really enjoy learning about NPB history. Appreciate you Gaijin.
Looking forward to seeing all the top 10 lists.
Having all the awards on the right side of the video was a good idea.
Nomura was signed as a practice player (kinda like the developmental players rn) and was supposed to be cut on 1955 but he apparently threatened Nankai to jump into one of their trains and kill himself if they dont sign with him one more year and Nankai scared of the PR nightmare that would cause signed with him for another year and the rest is history
It's great to see you doing an update to your top 100 of all time list, GB. I really enjoy learning about the history of NPB and you are one of the few who actually do it. Love your vids.
Great list! I have a few additions that probably make it to your 11-20 list. As I have done extensive NPB data research for the past 25 years with my goal being to calculate a MLE for NPB players. here are a few: Shinji Hata, Tsumoto Ito, Shuzo Arita, Shinichi Murata, Yukio Yaegashi, and Shuji Nishiyama.
Great video! Tbh i knew nomura would be #1, the fun of it all is to see who is 10-2
I love your videos. If you're combining leadership on and off the field ( granted, a very hazy metric ), Furuta should be higher than #4. His leadership in the 2004 labor spat between players and owners, which was amazingly ugly, was decisive. Thanks to him the players ceased to be indentured servants and we've seen what Japanese baseball players have accomplished since. I'd give a lot of the credit to Furuta. I'm looking forward to the future videos in this series.
What kind of rights did the players gain from the strike? I thought their biggest win was forcing NPB to add an expansion franchise to replace the Buffaloes.
Love these videos can’t wait for the rest of them
It's always good to see your videos, let's go!
I love u Mr. Baseball, glad to see you back!
Growing up playing as a catcher, this vid was great
I love me a good list
Hopefully you make another Ichiro video. Or a video about the 1996 Orix BlueWave team.
Did Furuta ever give a reason why he stuck with the glasses despite the stigma against them?
Yeah, he couldn't play without them and he didn't like contacts.
While some players who wore glasses off the field played without them, Furuta's eyesight was so bad that he could barely see without them.
Japan rates eyesight by decimals, with what we in the west would call a 20 being listed as 1. Furuta's eyesight came in at 0.1.
Of course you were a backstop. Not positive i’d rank Bench over Berra, helluva show either way.
As a Hawks fan I think Furuta should be higher than Johjima and Abe.