I believe that stealing bases is one of the most fascinating and exciting aspects of baseball. Therefore, I love players who steal many bases, and I always hope that such players will consistently emerge. However, it’s very disappointing that such players haven’t appeared in Major League Baseball recently. So, what is necessary for players to emerge who can steal many bases? Now, I’d like to talk about Babe Ruth. This might sound far-fetched, so you might be surprised, as Ba

My initial interest in 3,000 career hits in Major League Baseball was sparked by Stan Musial (who died in 2013 at the age of 92). My interest in 3,000 career hits grew stronger, and I became interested in their relationship to single-year hits, thanks to Al Simmons (who died in 1956 at the age of 54). And with the move of our Japanese hero, Ichiro, to Major League Baseball, my interest in the relationship between 3,000 career hits and single-year hits increased even further.

In June 2013, I was on a road trip through 12 states in the Southern and Midwestern United States, and during that trip I visited Royston, Georgia, a city of about 2,500 people. As I was driving down a road through the center of Royston, I noticed a large painting on the wall of a building facing the road, and I thought to myself with a grin, "As I thought, this man is very famous in this city." I parked my car to take photos of the painting. Ty Cobb painted on the wall of a

Munetaka Murakami, a talented hitter who played in Japanese Professional baseball, will be playing for the Chicago White Sox starting this year. I imagine that baseball fans in the United States don't know much about what kind of baseball player Munetaka Murakami is. So, I'd like to talk about him from my own personal perspective. A magazine featuring all 56 home runs hit by Munetaka Murakami in 2022 (in Japanese, 2022, TAKARAJIMASHA, INC., Tokyo, Japan) When talking about

I’ ve been steadily conducting various analyses of Major League Baseball records for a long time, but they’ re all based on my own personal preferences. One of these analyses is the “rankings in eight batting categories.” Each year, I examine each player’ s league ranking in eight categories: hits, walks, home runs, runs, RBIs, batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. It’ s difficult to achieve high rankings in all eight categories. For example, a player

To hit a lot of doubles, you need to consistently hit the ball hard with the bat. This means that players who hit a lot of home runs also...

All home run leaders (the players with the most home runs in each season in each league) naturally possess incredible power. But are...

After the 2008 season ended, I was sorting through various records and noticed something unusual. It was something unusual with regard to...

Since 1901, when the modern era of Major League Baseball began, eight players have achieved a batting average of .400 a total of 13...

In 1941, Joe DiMaggio set a record of 56-game hitting streak. It is incredible that he had 56 consecutive games with at least one hit in...

I would like to start with the words that Ty Cobb seems to have said. Unfortunately, I have forgotten when and where I read them, so I...

The Astrodome, the world's first domed stadium, was called “the eighth wonder of the world” and has been in Houston, Texas. It was also...