The real HR champion DID play for the Giants, but not in San Francisco. He played for the Yomiuri Giants. Sadaharu Oh is the REAL home run champion. 868 home runs!


http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sadaharu_Oh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/kokoyakyu/i/hero_card_oh.gif

Watch out for the Bonds apologists:uhoh:

What other Jap records do you want to recognize as MLB records, faggot?

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/WBC/2006/03/21/oh_sadaharu250.jpg

People forget he coached Daisuke Matsuzaka (Tourney MVP) and Ichiro Suzuki to the World Baseball Classic championship just a few months ago.

What other Jap records do you want to recognize as MLB records, faggot?

Home runs are home runs, faggot. :rolleye2:

He Owns One of the Phoniest Records in Sports

Sadaharu Oh, Japan's Babe Ruth, set the Japanese pro baseball record of 55 homers in 1964. Since then, two players -- both Americans -- have challenged and probably would have eclipsed his mark . . . if only Oh hadn't take extraordinary measures to protect his record.

In 1985, Randy Bass went into the final series of the season with 54 homers. But the opposing Tokyo Giants, managed by Sadaharu Oh, didn't allow Bass' bat to get anywhere near a baseball. They intentionally walked Bass in every at bat in the final two games, and he ended the season one shy of the record.

In 2001, it looked like a rerun. Tuffy Rhodes managed to tie Oh's mark, hitting 55 for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, but then faced another Oh-managed team that refused to give him anything to hit. Oh's pitching coach, Yoshiharu Wakana, admitted, "I didn't want a foreigner to break the record."

In 2002, another repeat -- this time with Alex Cabrera, who also hit 55 with plenty of time left in the season. He'd remain at 55 -- and Oh would remain in the record book. "They didn't want me to get the record," Cabrera said. "The last 20 at-bats of the season, I think I only saw one strike. All records are for the Japanese."

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/WBC/2006/03/21/oh_sadaharu250.jpg

People forget he coached Daisuke Matsuzaka (Tourney MVP) and Ichiro Suzuki to the World Baseball Classic championship just a few months ago.

that was last year march 06

that was last year march 06

That's still a few months ago. ;)

That's still a few months ago. ;)

i hope you are joking more like a year and a half ago

so if your gonna throw Oh into the mix, you mustalso throw Josh Gibson in as well. either way the MLB is the world's recognized record.