The Dragons probably have the third most painful team history behind the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Hanshin Tigers. Here's hoping things can get better for the Dragons in the future and they figure out what it means to develop hitting talent. Great video as always Gaijin Baseball. Also, the Dragons flags with the winged dragons on them look so cool.
I actually got into NPB by means of the dragons, I caught their run after they got the chip in 07 and through their other runs. Tony Blanco is still a fav player of mine.
Hey, sorry to the 30 or so people who watched the first go around, I noticed a small error in the edit and decided it was early enough to fix it. Thanks again. I'm gonna go to sleep. E: Also, Wally Yonamine was not the first American manager in NPB history, I forgot about Tadashi Henry Wakabayashi. He was the first one to win a pennant though.
Great job! Love it. One question, What are the best Japanese baseball history books you know? No matter if those are in japanese. Are you able to share titles to search them? Thank you!
Like MLB there are plenty of memoirs out there written by former players, mainly in Japanese. The best English books would probably be the ones written by Rob Whiting "The Chrysanthemum And The Bat" "You Gotta Have Wa" And "The Meaning of Ichiro"
Central League has six teams. The Yankees of the East, The Yogurt Birds, The Meme Team, The Lovable Losers where its fans will celebrate like it's the end of the world whenever the won the Japan Series, the Pride of Hiroshima and then... The Dragons. Has the longevity like the Giants but as unlucky as the Tigers. Not a meme team like the BayStars nor having good breaks like the Swallows. The only thing in common is that like the Carp, they're the pride of the city
Crazy how this all start as a newspaper rivalry.
The Dragons probably have the third most painful team history behind the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Hanshin Tigers. Here's hoping things can get better for the Dragons in the future and they figure out what it means to develop hitting talent. Great video as always Gaijin Baseball. Also, the Dragons flags with the winged dragons on them look so cool.
I actually got into NPB by means of the dragons, I caught their run after they got the chip in 07 and through their other runs. Tony Blanco is still a fav player of mine.
Looking forward to this series...
Hey, sorry to the 30 or so people who watched the first go around, I noticed a small error in the edit and decided it was early enough to fix it.
Thanks again. I'm gonna go to sleep.
E: Also, Wally Yonamine was not the first American manager in NPB history, I forgot about Tadashi Henry Wakabayashi. He was the first one to win a pennant though.
Praise gaijin baseball
So the Dragons are a bit like the Red Sox and Cubs of NPB
I'd say closer to the Cubs than the BoSox
The BoSox have a better comp in the Hanshin Tigers
In terms of team construction, they are like the Cubs, I'm terms of uniform, they are the LA Dodgers.
Great job! Love it. One question, What are the best Japanese baseball history books you know? No matter if those are in japanese. Are you able to share titles to search them? Thank you!
Like MLB there are plenty of memoirs out there written by former players, mainly in Japanese.
The best English books would probably be the ones written by Rob Whiting
"The Chrysanthemum And The Bat"
"You Gotta Have Wa"
And "The Meaning of Ichiro"
"Slugging it Out in Japan" by Warren Cromartie.
I had Mr. Baseball mememorized in my NPB-loving youth.
There are only two newspapers in Nagoya. One is the Chunichi Shimbun. The other is … “Chunichi Sports”.
Central League has six teams. The Yankees of the East, The Yogurt Birds, The Meme Team, The Lovable Losers where its fans will celebrate like it's the end of the world whenever the won the Japan Series, the Pride of Hiroshima and then... The Dragons.
Has the longevity like the Giants but as unlucky as the Tigers. Not a meme team like the BayStars nor having good breaks like the Swallows. The only thing in common is that like the Carp, they're the pride of the city
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My favourite NPB team, purely because of Jack Elliot. Sorry, Mr Baseball. Great movie, highly recommended
Is anyone doing videos like this about the korean or Taiwan baseball?
There is this channel called global baseball network. Pretty small channel but great videos
Who would you consider the best gaikokujin player in the 1980s and the 1990s?
80s: Randy Bass and Warren Cromartie, but there are several honorable mentions.
Early 90s: Tom O'Malley
Late 90s: Roberto Petagine