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Tokyo Yakult SwallowsofMunetaka MurakamiOn the 2nd, he scored the first three runs that contributed to the 5-0 win against the Chunichi Dragons at Jingu Stadium, his home ground, and recorded the 50th home run of the season.
◆[Actual video]Munetaka Murakami, the youngest home run in history, the 50th home run!Excitement at the venue for a shot that will go down in baseball history
The world’s youngest record to reach Daidai No. 50
In 1964, he reached 50 home runs at the age of 22 years and 7 months.Wang Zhenzhi(Giant) became the youngest record, surpassing 24 years and 3 months when he achieved 55 home runs in a season, which was a Japanese professional baseball record at the time.Milwaukee Brewers, also known for his father Cecil Fielder playing for the Hanshin Tigers, even referring to major league recordsPrince Fielderbecomes the “youngest record in the world”, surpassing the youngest record achieved at 23 years and 4 months. Prince was the home run king in 2007 with 50 home runs in a season, but that was the only season he reached 50.
Murakami hit a home run in the first two at-bats against the Chunichi Dragons on August 2, following his three consecutive at-bats against the Hanshin Tigers on July 31st, showing an unprecedented feat of five consecutive at-bats. Just one month later, in the same Chunichi match, it was the second “world record” this season.
Yakult is the first to win 70 wins with this, and the magic will relight as early as tomorrow. At the end of this game, Murakami had a batting triple crown with a .337 batting average, 123 RBIs, and 50 home runs. He’s on his way to winning the championship and winning the Triple Crown.
Chunichi, who became a direct confrontation on this day in the battle for the top hitterYouhei Oshimaand close. Oshima’s .326 against Murakami’s .339 before the game. After the game, Oshima also dropped .322, but still the leading hitter race continued with a difference of 1 minute 7 minutes. However, the RBI is 43 points behind Hanshin Oyama’s 80, and the home run is a double score of the Giants Okamoto’s 25, so there is no doubt that he is a double crown champion. The focus of the remaining 24 games is only the battle for the top batter.
Also, on this day, by achieving No. 50, the home run pace was 60, which was achieved by Vladimir Valentin of the same Yakult in 2013. Valentin has reached 50 goals in 111 games for the team. Up to that point, the season’s highest number of 55 was the 122nd game, and the new Japanese record of 56 was the 126th game, and he skipped two on this day. No. 60 was the 142nd game. Murakami is mass-producing home runs at a rate of 1 in 2.38 team games, according to the calculation of the season so far. That doesn’t include Murakami’s missed games, but on paper it’s exactly 10 paces.
◆ Season home run record (professional baseball, 50 or more home runs)
Valentin is the only other player to hit the 50th home run of the season in 119 games with Murakami, and he hit 55 in 2002.Alex Cabrera(At that time, Seibu) only 117 games.By the way, even the king in 1964 reached the milestone in 2001.toffee rose(Kintetsu at that time) is also the 122nd game. God who ended up with 54Randy Bass(Hanshin) was the 124th game. Calculation-wise, we can expect Murakami to have at least 55 hits, the most of any Japanese player in the season.
On August 28th, the following message was received from a Yokohama fan who suffered three verticals in the battle for first place due to Muragami’s big explosion. “That’s a living god. If Yakult wins this season, we should build a Murakami Shrine.” Will he lead Tsubame to victory for the second year in a row and No. 1 in Japan with his divine performance?
◆[Actual video]Yakult Munetaka Murakami, the first professional baseball history to hit 5 in a row!To the left middle with amazing power
What is the next home run record set by Yakult Munetaka Murakami, a new world record and five home runs in a row?
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After working as an editor for magazines such as Weekly Jewelry and FM Station, moved to the United States. He studied writing and journalism at New York University and started working as a freelancer around this time. After working at the headquarters of Berlitz Translation Services Inc. and CNN Inc., he returned to Japan.
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A Tokyo Yakult Swallows fan since the team’s winning percentage was lower than Tsutomu Wakamatsu’s batting average since they marched at Jingu Stadium during the Little League era. MLB is in that flow, and I was a resident of Queens, and I’m a New York Mets endorser.
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