Speaking of a pioneer who played in Major League Baseball, everyone might think of “Nomo Hideo.”
After he played in Japan for five years, he went
...続きを読む to America to play as a major leaguer.
He was not the first player who played in America. The first player was Murakami.
However, it was the first time that Japanese top player played in MLB.
As you can see from his records, Nomo Hideo was the best pitcher in those days.
He became fed up with the Japanese traditional way of thinking, “gut is the most important thing.”
In those days, Japanese coaches didn’t know any scientific ways of practices but ways of practices with a lot of guts.
Nomo wanted to practice reasonably. He thought that he would be injured if he kept playing in Japan.
So, he decided to exile himself to MLB.
Many Japanese people condemned him at first, but he made their mind change by his astounding performance.
And he also changed Japanese baseball players’ mind that they can make their mark in MLB.
Today, many Japanese players play in MLB.
It is because Nomo created a path toward MLB.
英雄 is a hero for NPB.