Shigeo Nagashima Puns

Sadaharu Oh is probably the foreign player most recognizable to western audiences. The man was a 15x home run king, hit 868 in his career, won two Triple Crowns, and was a 9x MVP.

If you haven't heard of him, Shigeo Nagashima played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1958-1974, accumulating 2,471 hits, 444 home runs, 1,522 RBIs, won 11x Japan Series Championships, five MVP awards, as well as four Japan Series MVPs, then returned in 1975, the year after his retirement as a player, to manage the Giants for six years, later returning to manage the team yet again in 1993, and stuck around for eleven years this time, eventually ending his managerial career with a 1,034–948 record.

Personally, I think both are deserving of Hall of Fame induction, but what do you think?

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• Yokohama DeNA Baystars hitter Shugo Maki set a new rookie record for most 2B in a season with his 35th. The previous NPB record of 34 was set by Shigeo Nagashima in 1958. The Japanese professional baseball record is 40 by Kazuo Kasahara in 1948
• Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Naoki Miyanishi has made 50 or more mound appearances for 14 consecutive seasons. The NPB record is 15 consecutive seasons by former Chunichi Dragons pitcher Hitoki Iwase
• Yokohama DeNA Baystars rookie Shugo Maki set a new NPB record with 2B in 5 consecutive AB. His last two AB's in his previous game were 2B and first three AB's tonight were 2B. Ichiro Suzuki, Shuhei Takahashi & Yoshio Itoi held the previous record at 4
• Former Seibu Lions closer and San Diego Padres pitcher Kazuhisa Makita was informed by the Rakuten Eagles he would not be a part of their 2022 plans. Makita has stated he wishes to continue playing in professional baseball if he's offered a chance
• Hanshin Tigers rookie Teruaki Sato finished the season with 173 strike outs, tied for 6th most in a single season in NPB history with Akinori Iwamura in 2004. Former Kintetsu Buffaloes hitter Ralph Bryant has the record at 204 in 1993
• The Yakult Swallows are the first club in NPB history to twice clinch the pennant after finishing the previous season in last place. They finished 6th in 2014 and clinched the CL in 2015, and finished 6th in 2020 while clinching the CL tonight. In the 5 times it has b

Welcome all to the 2021 edition of the /r/BaseballHoF ballot. The /r/BaseballHof is a project started by /u/MyCousinVinny to make our own version of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

This year’s ballot will feature everyone who remained on the ballot after the 2020 election as well as number of new comers.

You may vote for as many or as few candidates as you wish, it is entirely up to you. There is an abstain option when voting and please feel free to use it.

OK, on with the candidates:

Players' Ballot

Bobby Abreu

Brian McCann

Carlos Delgado

Chase Utley

Cliff Lee

David Wright

Hideki Matsui

Ian Kinsler

Jamie Moyer

Jason Giambi

Jeff Kent

Jimmy Rollins

Johan Santana

John Olerud

Johnny Damon

Jorge Posada

Lance Berkman

Mark Buehrle

Mark Teixeira

Nomar Garciaparra

Omar Vizquel

Paul Konerko

Prince Fielder

Roy Oswalt

Ryan Howard

Sammy Sosa

Tim Hudson

Tim Wakefield

Torii Hunter

Troy Tulowitzki

Newly Eligible Players

Alex Gordon

Coco Crisp

Daniel Murphy

Dustin Pedroia

Endy Chavez

Fernando Rodney

Hunter Pence

Jose Cruz, Jr.

Mark Grace

Mark Reynolds

Ryan Braun

Scott Kazmir

Ubaldo Jimenez

Contributors' Ballot

Abe Isoo

Al Campanis

Al Munro Elias

Bob Murphy

Bowie Kuhn

Bruce Froemming

Buck Showalter

Bud Fowler

Carl Stotz

Cito Gaston

Davey Johnson

Doc Adams

Don Baylor

Don Zimmer

Dusty Baker

Ewing Kaufman

Fay Vincent

Felipe Alou

Gene Autry

Gene Michael

Harry Wendelstedt

Hawk Harrelson

Jack McKeon

Jacques Doucet

Jerry Colangelo

Jerry Howarth

Joe Black

Joe Brinkman

Mike Ilitch

O.P. Caylor

Paul Beeston

Rod Dedeaux

Roland Hemond

Ron Shelton

Terry Collins

Tom Cheek

Tom Grieve

William Wheaton

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[HOF PLAYERS & CONTRIBUTORS] (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XJZLo767PsBOV0py34hRIzV6j0pK3bmN9U8M8UM5CAM/edit?usp=sharing)

Here is the positional breakdown of our HOF so far.

Total HOFers - 359

HOF Players - 260

Hitters - 184

Pitchers - 77

C - 20

1B - 26

2B - 20

3B - 23

SS - 20

LF - 23

CF - 24

RF - 24

DH - 4

SP - 70

RP - 7

Starting Pitcher 70 - Addie Joss (1924), Amos Rusie (1958), Bert Blyleven (1992), Bob Feller

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

Buenosdillas

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

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• The Chiba Lotte Marines will continue with Tadahito Iguchi as the manager for the 2022 season
• Yokohama DeNA Baystars rookie Shugo Maki finished the season with 153 hits, tying him with legend Shigeo Nagashima's rookie season hits. Shugo also became just the 4th rookie to hit .300 or better with 20 or more HR

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• Yokohama DeNA Baystars rookie Shugo Maki got his 141st hit of the season, moving him into 9th place for most total hits in a rookie season
• Hanshin Tigers rookie Teruaki Sato struck out for the 169th time this season, but now has enough PA to qualify for the batting title. Teammate Takumu Nakano also qualified, marking the 1st time for the Tigers that 2 rookies qualified in the same year
• Yomiuri Giants and Yokohama DeNA Baystars tied the 7th time this year, the 1st time the Giants had 7 ties vs the same team in 1 year since 1978 vs Yakult. Giants club record is 7 ties vs the same team, but they still have 1 more game vs the Baystars
• Hanshin Tigers rookie Takumu Nakano had his 12th game with 3 or more hits this season. The rookie record for 3 or more hit games in a season is 14 by Shigeo Nagashima in 1958

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• Hanshin Tigers rookie Teruaki Sato now has 162 strikeouts on the season, 4 shy of the club record 166 set by Mauro Gomez in 2014. Sato is tied for 4th in single season strikeouts by a Japanese player, with Takeya Nakamura (2008)
• Hiroshima Carp rookie Ryoji Kuribayashi is now in 3rd for most Saves in a rookie season at 29. The NPB rookie single season Saves record is 37 by Yasuaki Yamasaki in 2015
• The Yakult Swallows and Hanshin Tigers have secured a spot in the 2021 Central League post-season playoffs
• Lotte Marines rookie pitcher Tokito Kawamura is the 4th pitcher in club history and first Marines pitcher in 65 years to have 4 Wins against zero Losses from Opening Day. The last Marines pitcher to do it was Shoichi Ono in 1956
• Yokohama DeNA Baystars rookie Shugo Maki hit his 26th 2B on the season, tying him for 3rd place in the Central League for 2B in a

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• Chunichi Dragons pitcher Daisuke Sobue piched in his 55th game this season, a new career high for him
• Yomiuri Giants hitter Seiya Matsubara became the first player in Giants club history that come up from the Development Team, to have enough Plate Appearances to qualify for the batting title
• Yokohama DeNA Baystars rookie Shugo Maki hit his 27th 2B of the season, putting him 3rd all time in NPB for doubles in a rookie season. The NPB single season rookie record for 2B is 34 by Shigeo Nagashima in 1958
• The Yomiuri Giants have scored 2 runs or less in 8 consecutive games for the first time in 27 years
• 21 year old Yakult Swallows hitter Munetaka Murakami hit his 39th HR of the season. He needs just 1 more this season to become the youngest player in NPB history to reach 40HR. Sadaharu Oh (1963) and Koji Akiyama (1985) did it at the age of 23
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• Former Orix Buffaloes pitcher Brandon Dickson signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals
• Softbank Hawks hitter Wladimir Balentien was removed from the top team roster today due to a slump. In 22 games played he is hitting just .182 with 4HR and 9RBI
• Yomiuri Giants hitter Kazuma Okamoto has hit 20 or more HR in four consecutive seasons, just the 3rd player in club history to do it by the age of 25. The only other two Giants players to do it by 25 were Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui. He also becomes just the 5th player in club history to hit his 20th HR by the teams 70th game, two years in a row. He joins Sadaharu Oh, Shigeo Nagashima, Tatsunori Hara and Hideki Matsui in that club
• Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa appeared in his 295th consecutive game as a starter, setting a new Central League record
• The Hiroshima Carp have their 3rd five game losing streak of the season, and with 15 losses already in the month of June. The club record for losses in one month is 19 in Sept 1993 and Sept 1953
• Seibu Lions pitcher

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• Softbank Hawks IF Nobuhiro Matsuda played his 1,775th game at 3rd base, setting a new Pacific League record. The NPB record at 3rd base is 2,172 games by Shigeo Nagashima
• Hiroshima Carp pitcher Ryoji Kuribayashi set a new club record by making his 22nd consecutive mound appearances from Opening Day without giving up a run. The previous club record of 21 was held by Takaya Kawauchi in 2013
• Rakuten Eagles hitter Hideto Asamura collected career hit #1,500, the 130th player in NPB history to do so. His 1st career hit came back on Mar 31, 2010 vs the Softbank Hawks
• Seibu Lions pitcher Kaima Taira tied an NPB record by making 31 consecutive mound appearances without giving up a run from Opening Day
• Chunichi Dragons hitter Dayan Viciedo extended his consecutive game hitting streak to 19 games. The club record is 25 consecutive games by Michio Nishizawa in 1949

Haven't seen an English article out yet, but the 4 ties seems to be the major headlines in Japanese

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• Lotte Marines pitcher Frank Herrmann recorded the 100th Hold in his NPB career, becoming the 35th pitcher in NPB history to reach the mark, and just the 5th non-Japanese pitcher to reach the mark in NPB
• Inoue steps up to the plate to see if he can't bring in some more ru.....??? Time has been called, the relief pitcher car seems to be coming out, but no pitching change has been called for https://youtube.com/watch?v=5F41men5eEw
• The Yokohama DeNA Baystars will put up a "YDB Future Wall" at Yokohama Stadium for the May 18-20 games vs the Dragons, asking attending fans to submit their ideas for not only the clubs future, but also the surrounding area
• Today is the 1st time in NPB history 4 games ended in a tie. There have been 37 tie games so far this year, and the most ever tie games in 1 year

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• Softbank Hawks closer Yuito Mori had surgery to clean out his left elbow on May 28. Currently there is no approximate date for a return
• Hanshin Tigers OF Koji Chikamoto is the 4th player in club history to have 10 or more stolen bases in 3 consecutive seasons from his rookie season. The last Tigers player to do it was Norihiro Akahoshi in 2001-03
• Hanshin Tigers rookie Teruaki Sato hit 3 HR in the game vs the Lions, becoming just the 3rd rookie in Japanese baseball history to hit 3 HR in 1 game. The last rookie to do it was Shigeo Nagashima in 1958. Sato is the first left handed rookie to do it

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• Chunichi Dragons P Yuya Yanagi threw a complete game 1 hit shutout vs the Lotte Marines. It was the Dragons 1st complete game shutout in an Interleague game since Onelki Garcia did it vs the Hawks in 2018
• Seibu Lions pitcher Kaima Taira set a new Pacific League record by making his 27th consecutive mound appearance from Opening Day without giving up a run. The NPB record is 31 set by Chunichi Dragons pitcher Shinji Tajima in 2016
• Yomiuri Giants hitter Kazuma Okamoto hit his 100th HR from the #4 spot in the batting order, the 7th player in club history to reach the mark in the cleanup spot. Others in the club are Shigeo Nagashima, Hideki Matsui & current skipper Tatsunori Hara
• Softbank Hawks pitcher Shota Takeda collected 10 strikouts vs the Yokohama DeNA Baystars, his first double digit strikeout game since Jul 7, 2015 vs the Rakuten Eagles
• The

(C)- Katsuya Nomura- Ivan Rodriguez

(3B)- Shigeo Nagashima vs. Mike Lowell

(1B)- Sadaharu Oh vs. Orlando Cepeda

(2B)- Hiroyuki Yamazaki vs. Roberto Alomar

(SS) Kazuo Matsui vs. Carlos Correa

(LF)- Hideki Matsui vs. Carlos Beltran

(CF)- Ichiro vs. Bernie Williams

(RF)- Isao Harimoto vs. Roberto Clemente

(P)- Yu Davirsh - Willie Hernandez