60! GAIJIN is No. 1!

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Ex-Major Leaguer Balentien Smashes Japan Home Run Record
Bloomberg - 2013-09-15T12:08:03Z
Wladimir Balentien broke Japan’s five-decade-old record for home runs in a season with home runs in the first and third innings at Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium.
Balentien hit his 56th and 57th homers of the season today, eclipsing Sadaharu Oh’s record of 55 set in 1964 and ending almost three decades of controversy over repeated attempts to protect it from foreign challengers.
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Ex-Major Leaguer Balentien Smashes Japan Home Run Record
Bloomberg - 2013-09-15T12:08:03Z
Wladimir Balentien broke Japan’s five-decade-old record for home runs in a season with home runs in the first and third innings at Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium.
Balentien hit his 56th and 57th homers of the season today, eclipsing Sadaharu Oh’s record of 55 set in 1964 and ending almost three decades of controversy over repeated attempts to protect it from foreign challengers.
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Unless you accept the typical "but Oh sama is special" excuse, Oh is technically "foreign" as well. (even if he was born here)

In 2002 and 2005, he was named by President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan as Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of China.
President Ma Ying-Jeou honored Sadaharu Oh with the "Order of Brilliant Star" on February 5, 2009, in Taipei. Oh called receiving the award, "The highest honor of his life."

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Wladimir Balentien hits home run #59 tonight at Jingu in 6-3 loss to Yokohama.
---Tokyo Reporter(@tokyoreporter)'s twitter September 30, 2013 9:04 pm

[matsuki]

Wladimir Balentien hits home run #59 tonight at Jingu in 6-3 loss to Yokohama.
---Tokyo Reporter(@tokyoreporter)'s twitter September 30, 2013 9:04 pm

going and going and going....

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Unless you accept the typical "but Oh sama is special" excuse, Oh is technically "foreign" as well. (even if he was born here)

Maybe. but even Wikipedia sticks a Taiwan flag by his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Pro ... l_Baseball (scroll down to the records)

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Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien smacks a sixth-inning home run, his 60th of the season, off Tigers pitcher Randy Messenger on Friday night at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times | Oct. 4, 2013

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[matsuki]

Unless you accept the typical "but Oh sama is special" excuse, Oh is technically "foreign" as well. (even if he was born here)

Maybe. but even Wikipedia sticks a Taiwan flag by his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Pro ... l_Baseball (scroll down to the records)

hahaha, those flags also show how Japanese baseball is largely dominated by FG

...even though the sign says "New JAPANESE record!"