dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky) (10/27/85)
[] (source: NYT Oct. 26 Pg 49) The Japanese single-season record for home runs is 55 by Sadaharu Oh. On Oct. 25 this year, the last day of the Japanese regular season, Randy Bass, an Oklahoma native who plays for the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League, began the last game of the season with 54 home runs. He went to bat five times, and was walked four times. The other time he got a single by slapping at a pitch outside the strike zone. The opposing manager, by the way, was the above Sadaharu Oh. You know, I bet we could put a great network special together about this. I can see it now: Anatoly Karpov and Sadaharu Oh meet in: Battle of the All Time Fix Beneficiaries!!! with rare footage of Jake LaMotta and the Chicago Black Sox!!!! Isaac Dimitrovsky allegra!cmcl2!csd2!dimitrov (l in cmcl2 is letter l not number 1) 251 Mercer Street, New York NY 10012 (212) 674-8652 ... Hernandez steps in to face ... Orl ... HERchiiiser ... and it's a liiine driive, deeeeep to the gap in left center ... - Bob Murphy, Voice of the Mets