Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese pro baseball's all-time home run king and chairman of the SoftBank Hawks Sadaharu Oh makes a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home at an unidentified location on June 3, 2025, after the Japanese baseball legend, a former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 earlier in the day. Nagashima and Oh led the Giants to nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973.

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People line up at Tokyo Dome on June 7, 2025, to sign a condolence book in memory of the late Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima, who died on June 3 aged 89.
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