Egawa's was so insane, that a high school batter called Kunihiro Ishibuchi who by sheer luck hit a homer off Egawa in a practice game got drafted into NPB. He was literally that good, getting a average high school ball player into pro ball by just hitting a homer in a practice game.
It's never tasteful, I'll agree with you, but I can't help but give guys like this a pass. Egawa, MJ, Tom Brady.... these guys can be as arrogant as they want, as far as I'm concerned. You can't earn it more.
Great video. I can only imagine what it took to find the crest of every high school that Egawa faced. Wow. However you pronounced Tony Solaita's name wrong. [SoLEEta]. I know this because I am old enough to have seen him play for the Angles.
Yeah I notice that now. I think I got tripped up by the foreign player doc I watched when I first found out about him. His name in Japanese was "ソレイタ" or "Soreita". So I think that tripped me up.
getting named Enemy of the people when he was still in high school was not a good sigh
Egawa's was so insane, that a high school batter called Kunihiro Ishibuchi who by sheer luck hit a homer off Egawa in a practice game got drafted into NPB. He was literally that good, getting a average high school ball player into pro ball by just hitting a homer in a practice game.
This story was WILD. Loved this. You did a great job, especially with the lack of good images to work with. You rock, dude!
You are a legendary TH-camr! way too underrated. also i love the usage of the soundtrack from "Yakuza"
Great video man, amazing history. The ego on Egawa is impressive.
It's never tasteful, I'll agree with you, but I can't help but give guys like this a pass. Egawa, MJ, Tom Brady.... these guys can be as arrogant as they want, as far as I'm concerned. You can't earn it more.
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You are a great historian and a very great raconteur. I'm looking forward to your next video.
Great video. I can only imagine what it took to find the crest of every high school that Egawa faced. Wow. However you pronounced Tony Solaita's name wrong. [SoLEEta]. I know this because I am old enough to have seen him play for the Angles.
Yeah I notice that now. I think I got tripped up by the foreign player doc I watched when I first found out about him. His name in Japanese was "ソレイタ" or "Soreita". So I think that tripped me up.
17:40 LOL. The fact Suguru Egawa attended the University of Spoiled Children (USC) is delicious comedy. 😂
Amazing work once again! Keep it up
Imagine if the Giants had called the Tigers' bluff and agreed to the Oh trade!
As always, amazing job
so it's both Egawa being shady as hell and the usual "Everybody hates Yomiuri" (Trademark pending) sitcom in the NPB.
The Japanese Evil Empire, if you will, as an analogy to the Yankees
Thanks for the healthy portion of brain soup! Hope I can contain all this info.
Do one on Keishi Suzuki or Masataka Nashida
This is so cool, thanks so much!
3:04 that man is packing heat
Reminds me of a certain fictional pitcher named Hyuma Hoshi
From which manga/anime is Hyuma Hoshi?
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