Victor Starffin - Japanese Baseball's Tragic Hero | NPB Player Profiles
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2023
- Few players in the history of baseball have had as many hardships as Victor Starffin. In this video, we'll take a look at his story, and his lasting legacy on NPB.
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The story of Victor Starffin is unbelievably somber and tragic beyond belief. A man so gifted but permanently saddled with demons and bad luck with regards to things outside of his control to the point it caused his ultimate demise. Excellent video on the Blue Eyed Japanese, Gaijin Baseball.
Theres some funny quotes from Starffin when he went to the states, 2 are "Senpai, theres lots of Gaikokujin (foreigners) in America." And "Gaikokujin dont speak Japanese at all," and left his roommate Shigeru Mizuhara speechless. He truly was the blue eyed Japanese.
What do you know? An ethnic Russian playing Baseball in Imperial Japan. Something that you only hear in an alternate timeline
Victor Starffin life is enough to make 4 episode of Netflix Docuseries..
Even that probably not enough to encapsulate his tragic life
Yeah it's crazy that someone hasn't made a movie out of his life.
@@jacobbyers7914 bc finding a Caucasian actor that could speak fluent Japanese probably a very hard task to begin with.
there is a documentary by russian director, unfortunatly it was shown only on Moscow film festival and not available in digital. It's called "Tokyo Giant: The Legend of Victor Starffin", 2022
letting yall guys there is a 90 minutes documentary about Vistor's life with his and teammates daughters interviews by russian production team called "Tokyo Giant: The Legend of Victor Starffin", or "Голубоглазый японец". It was shown on Moscow film festival in autumn 2022. Unfortunatly I can't find digital version since. Reply with comment if some day u got it.
What an amazing but also sad story. You could really make a whole movie or series out of this story
Especially if the movie explored whatever the relations were between him and Eiji Sawamura.
Loved this video!!! Great research and editing!
Don't know too much about the NPB, but I'd seen Starffin's name before. Amazing video that really presented his life and career in a super interesting manner
Sad but very informative. Thanks 😸👍
This is an excellent baseball history piece.
Excellent video! I'd heard of Starffin for years but didnt know his backstory. His tribulations remind me of what Jackie Robinson and Hank Greenberg had to endure. Also, I'd never heard of the Battle of Khalkin Gol before, but brief research shows me that this was a key battle in the years leading up to Japan's entry into WW2. Thanx for posting!
might want to check out American Wally Yonamine (Japan HOFer)........ he was a running back with the SF 49ers, then after injury went to Japan and dominated..... he was known as 'The Jackie Robinson of Japan' for how he changed their game w/ aggressive playing..... a 2-way star way before Chuck Connors or Bo Jackson
An indispensable baseball story, great job!
great stuff - had never heard of this guy before
Victor Starffin was the first player to be inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame.
He was also first all-time in percentage of votes received.
No full-vote Hall of Famer has ever been inducted in Japan.
Ranking by percentage of votes received.
1st: Victor Starffin 97.3%.
2nd: Osamu Mihara 96.2%.
3rd: Kazuhisa Inao 94.8%.
Hope you do a player profile on Bobby Rose.
Спасибо!
Man that's sad
do you have a video about NPB deadball era?
No but I'm planning something about that
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1st 3 Americans in their HOF = O'Doul, Yonamine, Wakabayashi
next up you should do these Hawaiian Japanese Baseball Hall of Famers that helped start Nippon League in 1936, and also after WWII... not many Americans in their HOF...
>Wally Yonamine (from Maui) is known as 'Japan's Jackie Robinson' because of how he changed their game with aggressive base running bunting etc. He also played running back with the SF 49ers....way before Bo Jackson was born...
>Henry Bozo Wakabayashi (from Oahu) along with Kaizer Tanaka helped start the Nippon Pro League in 1936, and after WWII helped fellow American, Lefty O'Doul with his SF Seals c1949 tours...
ps. I have videos w/ c1950 Era menko/bromide cards
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