The Baseball Hall of Fame, which honors those who have made great contributions to the development of the baseball world, includes Alex Ramirez, who was active in Yakult and Giants, Randy Bass, who won the Triple Crown for the second consecutive year in the Hanshin Tigers, and others. Yuji Koseki, the composer who created the summer national high school baseball tournament song "Eikan wa Kimi ni Kagayaki", was newly selected.
Newly inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame are three people, including the player's award and the special award.
Alex Ramirez, who was active in Yakult and Giants, was selected for the "Player Award", which is awarded to players who have been retired for more than five years and who have made significant achievements during their active career.
Mr. Ramirez won many titles such as home run king and RBI king, became the first foreign player to come to Japan to reach 2,000 hits in total, and also served as DeNA manager after retiring from playing.
In addition, the "Expert Award" for those who have experience as professional baseball coaches and those who have retired for 21 years or more will win the triple crown for the second year in a row in Hanshin, win the league championship in 1985 and Japan Randy Barth was selected for his contribution.
On the other hand, the special commendation that honors people who have contributed to the development of baseball in a wide range of fields includes the composer from Fukushima City, a song for the summer national high school baseball tournament "Eikan wa Kimi ni Kagayaku", Hanshin's "Rokko Oroshi", and the giant's " Yuji Koseki, who has worked on many baseball cheering songs such as "Tokon Komete", was selected.
About Alex Ramirez
Alex Ramirez is 48 years old from Venezuela.
He joined Yakult in 2001, and this season, he showed his characteristic power batting, hitting 20% 8 minutes and hitting 29 home runs, contributing to the league championship and the best in Japan.
In 2003, his third year with Yakult, he won the home run king and RBI king, and in
2007, his seventh year, he became the first right-handed batter in the history of professional baseball to reach 200 hits in a season.
In 2008, he transferred to the Giants and played an active role as a core member of the batting lineup, and in four seasons, he was the top hitter once, the home run king once, and the RBI king twice.
In 2013, when he was playing for DeNA, which was the third professional baseball team in Japan, he became the first foreign player to reach Japan with a total of 2,000 hits.
In addition to his high batting technique and power, he gained popularity for his performance after hitting a home run, and retired in 2014 after playing in an independent league.
After that, he served as manager of DeNA from the 2016 season, pushing the team, which had been sluggish at the bottom, to third place for two years in a row, and advanced to the Japan Series.
Who is Randy Barth?
Randy Barth is 68 years old from the United States.
He joined Hanshin in 1983 and was there for six years.
A left-handed batter with a strong slugging ability, in 1985, in his third year with the team, he achieved a batting average of 3.5%, 54 home runs, and 134 RBIs, winning the Triple Crown, winning the Hanshin League championship and becoming No. 1 in Japan. contributed greatly.
This season, together with No. 4 Masayuki Kakefu and No. 5 Okada Shofu, who is currently the manager of the Hanshin Tigers, he formed a strong core, and in the Giants match at Koshien Stadium in April, the three players who hit from pitcher Hiromi Makihara. The consecutive home runs became an impressive scene that is still handed down.
In the following 4th season in 1986, he won the triple crown for the second consecutive year with a batting average of 30%, 8 minutes and 9 minutes, 47 home runs, and 109 RBIs, and his batting average is still a professional baseball record.
In Japanese professional baseball, he has played 614 games in six years, batting 30%, 3 minutes, and 7 rins, and has recorded 202 home runs and 486 RBIs. was a slugger beloved by the fans of
About Mr. Yuji Koseki
Yuji Koseki was born in 1909 in Fukushima City.
Influenced by his father during his childhood, he became interested in music when he heard music on records and started composing at the age of 10.
When he signed an exclusive contract with a record company in 1930 and started as a composer, he produced various songs such as popular songs, radio dramas, and school songs.
Among them, in the field of sports, the national summer baseball tournament song "Eikan wa Kimi ni Kagayaki", the Waseda University baseball team's cheering song "Konpeki no Sora", Hanshin's "Rokko Oroshi", and the giant's "Tokon Komete". He has produced many baseball-related songs.
In 1964, he also worked on the athletes' entrance march for the Tokyo Olympics, "Olympic March."
One of Japan's leading composers, who produced about 5,000 songs by the time he died at the age of 80 in 1989. In 2020, he was the model for the main character of NHK's morning TV novel "Ale". and attracted attention.