Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken at Hiroshima Citizens Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 1976, shows Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima being tossed into the air by his players after the team won the Central League championship. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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