Yes, I know Sumo is the National Sport but the viewership numbers say otherwise2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/HistoryMemes
Moving out of traditional markets and into bland, samey tracks with no personality. We're watching F1 make the same mistakes NASCAR did 25 years ago3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
Ichiro and his future wife Yumiko talk after a game, c. 1996. When asked why he fell for a woman nearly 8 years his senior, Ichiro replied she seemed like a reliable person2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Galtieri got the nation hooked on copium and they've been addicted for 40 years1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/NonCredibleDefense
Cecil Fielder chats with former teammate Koji Nakada before an MLB-NPB All-Star Game, 19951yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
I can see no feasible reason that this could go horribly wrong for both parties... no reason at all...4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
In 1973, Osaka Hawks C Katsuya Nomura led his team in OPS, while being second Hits, Home Runs, and OBP. He was an All Star, won a Diamond Glove, was named to the PL Best 9, and even won PL MVP. He was also their Manager.3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
During the 2006 playoffs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ace Kazumi Saitoh was emotionally crushed after giving up a walk-off hit that ended his club's season. When the same thing happened to rookie reliever Ryosuke Otsu this year, Saito made sure he wasn't alone.6mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
If you ever wondered who the guy that appears on Jeff Bridges shirt in The Fisher King, The Big Lebowski and Cold Feet was, it's Kaoru Betto, the inaugural Pacific League MVP.3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Hall of Famers 'Biz' Mackey and Shinji Hamazaki on the cover of a magazine detailing the Negro League All-Stars barnstorming tour of Japan, 19272yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Toronto Blue Jays First Home Opener, 1977. This is why the Dome exists.4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
One Iron Man passes another. Cal Ripken Jr. and Sachio Kinugasa, 19964yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Hope this doesn't get lost in the Mazepin crash memes. Holy fuck that kid is dogwater.3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
10/16/1982: Going into the final game of his career, Hiroshima Carp reliever Hidetake Watanabe realized he was 1 HBP away from the NPB record. So he hit the final batter he faced on purpose. When the media criticized him for doing it, he replied “If I don’t chase a record, am I not a professional?”5mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
As a guy who grew up playing hockey, I always saw baseball fights as a bit of a joke. Sometimes though, sometimes they're art.3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Top comment with 20000 likes? Nah, lets focus on the few fuckwits that aren't getting any attention3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
3/27/2005. After winning their Opening Day match against the eventual Japan Series champion Chiba Lotte Marines, the expansion Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles suffered the worst defeat in NPB history, losing 26-0.1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Hank Aaron shares some of his expertise with members of the Samsung Lions during the KBO's inaugural season, 19824yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
NPB Hall of Famer Shigeru Sugishita, known as the God of the Forkball has passed away. He was 97.11mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
My Winnipeg Goldeyes ball that I got from a game when I was 11 or 12, support your local Indyball3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
The MLB, NPB, and KBO teams that have gone the longest without finishing first overall in their respective leagues (by regular season record)2mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
1,525 Home Runs, One Picture. Katsuya Nomura tracks a Sadaharu Oh pop-up, 1966 Japan Series2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Larry Doby shakes hands with a young fan during his time with the Nagoya Dragons, 19623yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
When I posted the pic of Sadaharu Oh celebrating HR #756 yesterday, a lot of attention was paid to the dude with mad hops in the on-deck circle. That man was Japanese hit king Isao Harimoto.3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
The Yomiuri Giants have unveiled new away jerseys to commemorate their upcoming 90th season. For the first time since the late 1940s, TG will replace the iconic YG on their caps. Also, it drops orange all-together.5mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
9/18/77. Hank Aaron and his wife Billye congratulate Sadaharu Oh on breaking Aaron's home run record in a pre-game ceremony at Korakuen Stadium. Oh had hit #756 two weeks prior.2mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
I know he corrected it, but he could've just said he was the first black world champion and nobody would've been able to argue with it.4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
Joe DiMaggio acting as a guest batting coach for the Hiroshima Carp, 19541yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
In 1995, 20-year-old pitcher Masafumi Hirai lead the PL-winning Orix BlueWave with a 15-5 record. He never started a game. In fact, he was their closer.2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the third player to win MVP of an NPB League three years in a row. All three played for the same franchise.5mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
The contrast between the size of the nameplates on the Chunichi Dragons' Mizuno jerseys vs the Seibu Lions' Fanatics jerseys is extremely noticable1mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Hiroshima Carp closer Yukinobu Miyamoto jump-kicks the umpire after a missed call, 1975.1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Marwin Gonzalez comforts Buffaloes ace reliever Yuki Udagawa after the latter blew the lead in Game 5 of the Japan Series. Udagawa had been called upon in three straight games and had been lights out up to that point.6mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
NPB Legend Roberto Chico Barbon, the first Latino to play in Japan, has passed away. He was 891yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
9/20/1994. Ichiro becomes the first player in NPB history to get 200 hits in a season.2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Willie Mays and Katsuya Nomura joke around before a post-season exhibition game in Hiroshima, 11/10/19601yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
This photo of Teruaki Sato from today's Japan Series game is just downright gorgeous6mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium, home of the Hankyu/Orix Braves from 1937 to 1990, c. 19801yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Former Met Kaz Little Godzilla Matsui is the new Manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions, there are now 4 former Mets managing in NPB1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/NewYorkMets
Baseball history is full of great sets of siblings, but arguably none were more valuable than the Kaneda Brothers5mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
In 1938, as tensions between Japan and the US grew, 1937F JBL MVP Bucky Harris said a tearful goodbye to Korakuen Eagles fans, it wouldn't be until 1976 that he'd set foot in the stadium again.2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Willie Mays poses with members of the Seibu Lions before a spring training game, 19792yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
5 Triple Crowns, 1 Picture. Hiromitsu Ochiai, Greg Boomer Wells and Randy Bass joke around before the 1986 All-Star Game1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Ichiro, Troy Neel, and Yuichi Kiyohara celebrate winning the 1995 Pacific League pennant2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
A quick look at NPB's foreign hitters at the halfway point of the 2023 season. The results are not pretty.10mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
I lost a card when I was re-organizing my teams albums, so I put this in its place until I find it3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseballcards
Two Hard-Hittin' Alliteratin' Giants from opposite sides of the Pacific. Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Barry Bonds, 2002.3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
What's this the fifth or sixth thing he's gotten away with in the last two years?3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
Nippon-Ham Fighters starter Takayuki Katoh twirled the 4th CGSO of his career. Final Line 9.0 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 K, 102 P1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Dai-Nippon Tokyo Baseball Club, who you may know better as the Tokyo Giants, before a game in Vancouver, 1935.2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Yogi meets the Emperor, 1964 ( Japanese pitcher Masaichi Kaneda, not the real Emperor, although given its Yogi he might've thought he WAS meeting the Emperor)2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Roki Sasaki's final line today vs the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 UER, 3 H, 1 HR, 3 BB, 7 K, 106 P1wk ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Something I made after seeing some stuff on r/formuladank today4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/UrinatingTree
Goose Gossage during his short stint with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, 19902yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
The Best Seasons put up by Players who Weren't Named All-Stars that year (and could have been)1mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Takao Sato and Mickey Mantle pose before an exhibition game between the (Tokyo) Kokutetsu Swallows and the New York Yankees, 19551yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
On October 10th, 1967, 19 y.o. Yomiuri Giants starter Tsuneo Horiuchi pitched a no-hitter against the Hiroshima Carp, while going 4-4 at the plate... with the first 3 hits being Home Runs.5mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Funny how the guy who's worked with them longer can get the most out of the engine, huh?4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formuladank
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 5th pitcher in NPB history to win the Eiji Sawamura Award 3 times, and the 2nd to do it three years in a row.6mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Joe Stanka and Katsuya Nomura argue with the umpire while Sadaharu Oh looks on, 1965 Japan Series2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
The Yokohama BayStars have unveiled new away uniforms for 2024. Shugo Maki has also been named Captain.3mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Just found out about this and it was too funny not to make a meme about4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/UrinatingTree
Hiroshima Carp starter Aren Kuri has thrown his second CGSO of the season. Final Line: 9.0 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 8 K, 0 BB, 85 JGS, 92 TGS10mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
After getting beaten up by Sadaharu Oh in their first series of the 1964 season, the Hiroshima Carp trotted out the Oh Shift every time they faced him for the rest of the year2yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Kazuhiro Sasaki and Motonobu Tanishige embrace midair after clinching their team's first pennant in 38 years, 19981yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Roki Sasaki vs the Orix Buffaloes: 7.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 9 K, 111 P2wk ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Roki Sasaki's final line vs the Buffaloes: 7.0 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 14 K, 81 JGS, 88 TGS10mo ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Masaichi Kaneda (obscured) kicks Jim Traber in the face during a brawl between the Buffaloes and Orions, 19912yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
You could say my brother and I have conflicting taste (his cars are on the left, mine are on the right)4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/gtavcustoms
In the first two weeks of August, the Yokohama BayStars play home games in Star Night jerseys. This years are... interesting1yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Joe Dimaggio and Makoto Kozuru pose for a photo before an MLB/NPB All-Star exhibition, c. 19502yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Jumping on this before it gets stale... like my Fibre 1 bars3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/regularcarreviews
Made 3 liveries and 4 suits last night, which one do you you guys like best?4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/granturismo
Of the 18 liveries I've made for this car, I think this is my favourite4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/granturismo
Seeing a bunch of KFC liveries trending... So here's my Subway Lambo to balance it out5yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/granturismo
Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari vaults over Ronnie Peterson's Tyrell at the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix4yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/formula1
The Top 10 Pitching Performances of Week 4 of the NPB Season (4/16-4/21)1d ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
Last week the Orix Buffaloes played a series at their old park, Hotto Motto in Kobe, and wore their 90s BlueWave jerseys for the occasion3yr ⋅ thecursedlexus ⋅ r/baseball
