Sadaharu Oh's Three Victims - Malicious Intent or Reluctant Compliance?

[@thereminslilly8782]

Thank you for making a video on this. This issue has always been one that has bothered and interested me the most about NPB, so it's great to get some context on it. This channel is fantastic. It's so rare to get quality npb content in english.

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

You guys just don’t know how much racial discrimination from Japanese towards Sadaharu Oh back in his young days. He is still holding Republic of China (Taiwan) passport to this day because of Oh’s father’s will. Japanese not until Oh turned the Hawks franchise around , they still had some discrimination on him as a ethnic Chinese born in Japan.

[@juanjosesanchezbracamontes]

Please please I hope you will able to upload more videos soon. Man your job are awesome!

[@Uiabird]

First incident: My hands are tied… Second incident: Could you not! Third incident: OH COME ON!

[@AlexOnStreets]

Thank you for this very interesting and informative video. Wow really educated me on this history. Please keep up the great work.

[@musicforever9098]

Nice content Im currently learning about NPB !

[@CGMedia2023]

In America there's the Al Dowling factor with pitchers going off script to intentionally walk guys chasing records. Dowling was a fringe major leaguer who served up Hank Aaron's 715th home run passing Babe Ruth. He would never play another major league game. That has taken on "curse" proportions in the decades since and usually only ace starters, ace relievers and guys who's place in Cooperstown are already all but secure will challenge a slugger who gets close to big milestones and records. In hockey, it's the "not in our house" mindset. Not to protect a record, but to avoid their team becoming a trivia question.

[@DanStrayer]

First of all, his name is Al Downing. Second of all, he retired three years later, and even recovered from the Aaron homer to pitch in that year’s NLCS and World Series. Thirdly, fringe Major Leaguers don’t have 20 win seasons. Downside of his career? I’ll grant that. But he’s not the example of the greater point you’re attempting to make that you make him out to be.

[@CGMedia2023]

@@DanStrayer you're a sperg.

[@anthonypang7927]

And oh has never held japanese nationality, have you read his autobiography? He was barred from a high school tournament for not being japanese and im sure everyone has heard of his koshien story with his father bring an ointment

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

The NPB wins leader is an ethnic Korean, and he broke a record held by a Russian The hits leader is also ethnic Korean The Japanese Iron-man is half black But you'll never hear people bring that up in retrospect. They're all considered Japanese to most people, even if they aren't ethnically Japanese. And even then, to a good amount of people it was better that an Asian held the record than a non-asian

[@kevind7708]

@@TheBrainSpecialist this is why NPB is one of the least marketable leagues in the world. Like, KBO, of all leagues, out-marketed them during the pandemic.

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

@@kevind7708 More of that has to do with Central League dragging their feet. KBO and CPBL are unified systems, NPB is not. The CL elitism is something that needs to go tbh.

[@kevind7708]

Agreed with that, the CL elitism is close to soccer in Europe rn 😓

[@SamtheBravesFan]

@@TheBrainSpecialist Well that might explain why only Pacific League condensed games are shown with English broadcasters on specialty channels.

[@mrlynchify]

Loving the P5 music in the background!

[@lorenzodecastro7738]

This was a great video! Keep up the good work

[@rodneypedraza6742]

Yes, I recall two of those times being very interesting.

[@saulspeaks2557]

This channel is so dope, man

[@brahemedays2914]

Sadaharu Oh was a beast.

[@BJWanlund]

I honestly have to say this: I have way more respect for Saduharu Oh than I do for most any of the current home run record holders in the US, regardless of what he’s been accused of, which I’m actually in full agreement with you about the claims against Oh being ostensibly hogwash. What an interesting and fascinating video!

[@Garrett1240]

Why's that? It's just patently true that he told his pitchers to walk Bass, Rhodes and Cabrera.

[@giggityXlegit]

You’re clueless.. the pitching coach for his team even said, “We didn’t want a foreign player breaking the record.” Racist. Beast at the plate but, still racist.

[@jeffmutch7640]

Love it! This is what sports is all about. Good work Oh!

[@WBOS72]

One thing i hate about baseball is all the worthless stats they keep creating.

[@Ryuuranger]

I would call Oh Babe Ruth of Japan 🇯🇵

[@JP-wx6uh]

I think this can't really discredit Oh too much, since he only hit 868 career home runs. Clearly none of those 3 bums you mentioned in this video would have ever had a chance to match that feat (or anywhere near it). That record will never be broken. The single season record was broken in 2013 anyway, and wasn't that impressive in the first place. He walked 3 different power hitters, so what? How many times was Barry Bonds' walked? Lame excuse man.

[@brahemedays2914]

If they wanna keep their record, Japanese, I don't begrudge them.

[@GaijinBaseball]

One thing I never got about the whole "keep the record Japanese" thing was the argument that a foreigner holding the record would deprive kids who play baseball of a goal to look forward to. If anything the fact that a foreign player holds the record would give Japanese kids more of an incentive to want to beat it, in a "taking the record back" sense.

[@purplebondsaiyan2987]

@@GaijinBaseball Love Love Love Your Channel Thank you For Keeping Japanese ⚾ Alive!!!!