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Trios and Quartets

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Trios and Quartets
While the Hawks are fighting to keep up with Kintetsu, defeating Nippon Ham last night (9/19) to become the team against whom the magic number (5) is now compared, it's starting to become obvoious that the combined contributions of a few is what's keeping them in the race.

Johjima, batting a league 2nd worst .253, is actually one on the list. Johjima hit his 30th home run last night marking the first time a Pacific League catcher has hit 30 out since Nomura (yes, Hanshin's kantoku) did it in 1972. The third inning home run, a 3-run shot, also accounted for his 90th RBI of the season. For a batter hitting just .253, that's a lot of RBIs!

Let's take that 30 and 90 and compare it with some other players. First, the 30 home runs brings Johjima up in line with Kokubo and Matsunaka who have 41 and 35 respectively for a "30 home run trio." Hawks with 90 or more RBIs include Kokubo (114), Matsunaka (111), and Iguchi (90) for a "90 RBI quartet."

Hmm, I wonder how well the sing.
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