Takeshi Yasuda, “slayer of kings”, died, his rival Sadaharu Oh thought “I was a brave pitcher” | Full account

The day after the new world record No. 756, “I remembered hitting him with No. 757.”

Takeshi Yasuda, who has won a total of 93 victories in 10 years, has died at 73. The former left arm, who took the nickname “penguin launch method” with a weak weapon, was heavily dubbed “King Killer” by the giant Sadaharu Oh and the current president of the Softbank Hawks. President Wang thought about the news of his rival.

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Through the team, Chairman Wang commented, “Mr. Yasuda was a somewhat irregular pitcher, but he was a pitcher with a strong ball, good pace, and courage.” In relation to many games, he wrote: “I remembered that I reached the number 757 of him in contact with the news. It would have been difficult to fight the sick. Please sleep peacefully.” Yasuda was the opponent who launched the 757 the day after he released the world record of 756 in the game against Yakult (Korakuen) on September 3, 1977.

Mr. Yasuda joined Yakult in 1972 after working at Waseda University and Daishowa Paper Industries at Kokura High School in Fukuoka. From the first year he achieved a good result with 7 wins and 5 losses and an ERA of 2.08, and he became the best ERA and rookie king. The following year, in 1973, he also set a professional baseball record, “81 innings in a row. During his lifetime, he said,” Rookie kings appear every year, but I think this record will be broken in the future. “

In 1978, he scored 15 victories and became the engine of his first victory. After retiring in 1981, he worked as a coach and scorer. In 2017, when he turned 70, he became a coach at his alma mater, Fukuoka Kokura High School. Immediately afterwards, however, he was diagnosed with stage 4 scirrhous gastric cancer and sentenced to a life expectancy of about one year.

In the fight against the disease, the exchange between the two continued, such as receiving a paper of breath colors from President Wang. In July 2019, he also participated in an OB match to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Yakult team. I dreamed of participating in Koshien at my alma mater, Kokura High School.