Kakefu hits single from Egawa in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

Kakefu hits single from Egawa in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers slugger Masayuki Kakefu hits a single from his old nemesis former Yomiuri Giants ace Suguru Egawa during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

Pitcher Kobayashi, in 1978 trade row, dies

Pitcher Kobayashi, in 1978 trade row, dies

TOKYO, Japan - This May 1979 file photo shows Shigeru Kobayashi, a pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers, pitching against the Yomiuri Giants at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo. Kobayashi, who moved to the Tigers from the Giants in a controversial trade involving star pitcher Suguru Egawa the previous year, died Jan. 17, 2010.

1977, Japan.

The 1977 compilation of the Japan-Soviet 200 nautical mile problem. Children chase supercars. Mt. Usu eruption. Suguru Egawa refuses to join the Crown. Illustrations of a map of the 200 nautical mile area, a fishing boat in the sea, a Soviet ship, a meeting of party leaders, an illustration of a map of the four northern islands, a Japan-Soviet fishery agreement being exchanged, housewives arranging for food to be shipped directly from its place of origin, a pawn shop thriving, a supercar display event, happy children, a tardiness chart imitating a timetable, a long A long telephone receiver, a housewife using a gas stove for toilet gas, the eruption of Mount Usu, volcanic ash falling on the city, a home run by Oh, pitching by Taku Egawa, six Japanese Army personnel allowed to leave prison after the Japan Airlines hijacking incident, people resisting the Narita Airport issue and the Sanrizuka struggle. date unknown Date of shooting unknown, Release date: December 23, 1977.

Pitcher Kobayashi, in 1978 trade row, dies

Pitcher Kobayashi, in 1978 trade row, dies

TOKYO, Japan - This May 1979 file photo shows Shigeru Kobayashi, a pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers, pitching against the Yomiuri Giants at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo. Kobayashi, who moved to the Tigers from the Giants in a controversial trade involving star pitcher Suguru Egawa the previous year, died Jan. 17, 2010. (Kyodo)