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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Nishitetsu Lions pitcher Kazuhisa Inao pose ahead of Game 1 of the 1958 Japan Series at Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium on Oct. 11, 1958. 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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Former pro baseball player Kazuhisa Inao dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhisa Inao (file photo taken in April, 2003), a former professional baseball player who was once called an ''iron man,'' died of cancer at a Fukuoka hospital on Nov. 13. He was 70. Widely seen as one of Japanese pro baseball's all-time great pitchers, Inao logged a lifetime 276-137 record, playing his entire career with the Lions until 1969.

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Former pro baseball player Kazuhisa Inao dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhisa Inao (file photo taken in April, 2003), a former professional baseball player who was once called an ''iron man,'' died of cancer at a Fukuoka hospital on Nov. 13. He was 70. Widely seen as one of Japanese pro baseball's all-time great pitchers, Inao logged a lifetime 276-137 record, playing his entire career with the Lions until 1969. (Kyodo)