Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo shows Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima swinging during a baseball game in Tokyo in 1974. 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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