May 31, 2021 14:05
The other day, I wrote in a small column about the Sendai era of professional baseball Lotte. I got a voice from some people saying “nostalgic”, so I have one sequel.
October 10, 1973. Lotte-Pacific doubleheader at the prefectural Miyagi Stadium. It was a dead rubber match after Hankyu won the championship. The starting pitcher for the first game is Soroku Yagisawa. The fastball stretched and the changing ball broke. A perfect game was achieved by defending 1 point with 94 balls. The body was raised and the man cried.
Originally the starting lineup for the second game. Pitcher Choji Murata fell asleep and hurt his neck, so he hurried to the mound. In addition, it was a big record after the happenings that director Masaichi Kaneda missed due to toothache. “I thought I’d do it. My throat is empty eight or nine times,” said Yagisawa. Kaneda, who was absent, said, “Congratulations. I have experienced (a perfect game) once, but it is a tribute to my dedication.”
August 31, 1978. Perfect was performed again at Miyagi Stadium. Hankyu pitcher Yutaro Imai closed the Lotte line. Kaneda’s vocabulary remains, saying, “A pitiful story.” After that, only pitcher Hiromi Makihara (giant) in 1994 achieved a perfect game. I want to see it in Sendai. Of course, the pitcher of Tohoku Rakuten.
