Longest Standing Individual Record Broken
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Re: Longest Standing Individual Record Broken
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Aug 29, 2001 1:14 PM
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Ah, and one day after breaking the record for most consecutive games with a run scored, Ogasawara failed to get knocked in. And it's not like he didn't have his chances.
Against the front running Hawks last night (8/28), Ogasawara walked to lead off the bottom of the first. Narahara sacrificed him to second, but a ground out, walk, and grounder to short ended the inning scoreless.
In the second inning, he walked again, this time to load the bases with two outs. But Narahara grounded to second to retire the side - scoreless again.
In the 5th inning, Ogasawara reached base a third consecutive time, ripping a single to right to lead off the bottom half of the inning. But the next three batters went down in order, and the Fighting Ham failed to score yet again.
Ogasawara failed to reach base his next two at bats, and the Fighters lost to Daiei 4-1. The only run for Nippon Ham came on Tanaka Yukio's 8th inning solo home run, his 17th of the season.
Nonetheless, Ogasawara has surpassed Oh in reaching base, and that streak continues.
Against the front running Hawks last night (8/28), Ogasawara walked to lead off the bottom of the first. Narahara sacrificed him to second, but a ground out, walk, and grounder to short ended the inning scoreless.
In the second inning, he walked again, this time to load the bases with two outs. But Narahara grounded to second to retire the side - scoreless again.
In the 5th inning, Ogasawara reached base a third consecutive time, ripping a single to right to lead off the bottom half of the inning. But the next three batters went down in order, and the Fighting Ham failed to score yet again.
Ogasawara failed to reach base his next two at bats, and the Fighters lost to Daiei 4-1. The only run for Nippon Ham came on Tanaka Yukio's 8th inning solo home run, his 17th of the season.
Nonetheless, Ogasawara has surpassed Oh in reaching base, and that streak continues.
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Last night (8/27) at Tokyo Dome, Ogasawa did what he does best right from the start, get on base. The lead off hitter ripped a double down the left field line to lead off the bottom of the first. After being sacrificed to third, Nanaka Kensuke (pinch hitting for Kataoka - I'm not sure what's wrong with Kataoka but he was not put on the DL) drew a walk. Next, Tanaka Yukio drilled a base hit to center to plate Ogasawa for the 17th game in a row.
Yes, you read that right, Ogasawara has scored in 17 consecutive games, a new Pro Yakyu record. The record has stood at 16 since Mainichi Orions' Go Shosei did it between May 15 and June 21, 1950. The 51 year old record was the longest standing record for an individual accomplishment.
Of course, it's hard to say that this was done by himself. Naturally, Osasawara credited his team mates who he says have "given me the feeling that they'll bring me around." Sure, it looks like he may set a new record with lead off home runs, but for the most part, this record is a team effort. Perhaps that's why it has stood so long - no one individual can do it alone.
Ogasawara also reached Oh's (currently Daiei's manager) 6th place record for most consecutive games reaching base at 50. 1st and 2nd belong to Ichiro with 69 and 67 games in 1994 and '95 respectively. The Giants' Matsui got up to 65 games to set the new Central League record earlier this season before the BayStars shut him down not one game, but two games in a row.
The 25,000 fans at Tokyo Dome on a Monday night to watch this must have been very pleased to get to see such a treat. That's a very good figure for the last place Ham. Without the big bang of Obando and Wilson lighting up the billboards, it's good to see this kind of player getting the spotlight. Keep it going, Ogasawara!
Incidently, Daiei came back and won the game 6-5 due to a couple of bad throws.