Striking out at a critical moment in a baseball game is something a star player would usually want to forget, especially if the batter’s team ends up with a humiliating loss.
Keio may have had to wait for more than a century, but that made the triumph even sweeter on Aug. 23 in dominating Sendai Ikuei to win the National High School Baseball Championship.
In addition to being a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, Yusei Kikuchi is an accomplished karaoke crooner who is proud of his spirited version of the fight song of his former team in Japan, the Seibu Lions.
TOKYO In addition to being a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, Yusei Kikuchi is an accomplished karaoke crooner who is proud of his spirited version of the fight song of his former team in Japan, the Seibu Lions. Asked if he knew the words of a more popular song, "The Crown Will Shine on You," during on an off day between starts, the competitor in him took over.
Changing a tradition that dates back 74 years, male students will be allowed to serve as placard bearers at this summer s National High School Baseball Championship.