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Shigeo Nagashima, considered Japan's "Mr. Baseball," died at the age of 89, and the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and others are mourning his death.
Shigeo Nagashima, one of the greatest and most beloved players in Japanese baseball history, has died at the age of 89. Nagashima's death was confirmed by the Yomiuri Giants, ...
A person is interviewed as he reads an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting that Shigeo Nagashima passed away June 3, in Tokyo. Nagashima, who was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro ...
Japanese sports icon Shigeo Nagashima, known as the country's "Mr. Pro Baseball," died from pneumonia Tuesday, Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants announced. He was 89.
Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro Baseball” and was one of the most famous people in the country during his playing days, has died. He was 89. His death was confirmed by the ...
Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s most celebrated baseball player and a linchpin of the storied Tokyo Yomiuri Giants dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s, died on Tuesday in Tokyo. He was 89.
Shigeo Nagashima was born in Sakura, Japan, on Feb. 20, 1936. After playing baseball at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, he joined the Giants in 1958 and was named rookie of the year.
Former Tokyo Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima—one of the most successful and beloved players in the history of Japanese baseball—has died of pneumonia, his former team announced ...
Shigeo Nagashima, a Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer who spent more than three decades as a player and manager for the Yomiuri Giants, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Shigeo Nagashima, a Yomiuri Giants legend who was so revered that he was known to many as “Mr. Pro Baseball” died on Tuesday morning due to pneumonia at the age of 89, according to an ...
Last year's Aviation Day at the Yakima Air Terminal was a huge hit, as hundreds of people turned out to look at aircraft up close. The free event returns Saturday.
Former baseball player Shigeo Nagashima, who was once one of Japan's most famous sports stars, has died aged 89. He died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo, according to a statement released by ...