Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima is tossed in the air by team members at Tokyo Dome after the Central League baseball team won the Japan Series on Oct. 29, 1994. 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.

Murton tops Ichiro

Murton tops Ichiro

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton of the United States walks past photographers as he leaves the Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010, after a game against the Yakult Swallows. The 29-year-old former Colorado Rockies player belted a record 213th hit of the season the same day breaking Ichiro Suzuki's 1994 Japanese baseball single-season hit record of 210.

Murton tops Ichiro

Murton tops Ichiro

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton of the United States watches his RBI double, his 213th hit of the season, in the ninth inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. The 29-year-old former Colorado Rockies player broke Ichiro Suzuki's 1994 Japanese baseball single-season hit record of 210 the same day.

Murton tops Ichiro

Murton tops Ichiro

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton of the United States walks past photographers as he leaves the Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010, after a game against the Yakult Swallows. The 29-year-old former Colorado Rockies player belted a record 213th hit of the season the same day breaking Ichiro Suzuki's 1994 Japanese baseball single-season hit record of 210. (Kyodo)

Murton tops Ichiro

Murton tops Ichiro

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton of the United States watches his RBI double, his 213th hit of the season, in the ninth inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. The 29-year-old former Colorado Rockies player broke Ichiro Suzuki's 1994 Japanese baseball single-season hit record of 210 the same day. (Kyodo)