Oh`s Home Run Record Chase

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: Howdy! : I teach at Nanzan University in Nagoya and use the movie "Mr. Baseball" in my class. : Three questions- : One interesting thing is that Jack is expected to hit 54 home runs, a number which Yoji, the interpreter says has been "carefully computed." Is this a reference to the 55 that Oh hit an dthe fact that a gaijin helper can have big numbers as long as he did not break the Japanese (or half-Japanese) records. : Things seem much better these days than Randy Bass^time. : QUESTION ONE - Where can I find decent commentary about the movie, how it was written, what events are actually true, what are based on real events and : what is fiction ? I have looked at various sites but only get movie review type articles. : ANYWAY, what I really want to know is this--- : DID OH, being only half-Japanese, SUFFER FROM LACK OF HITTABLE PITCHES and the type of $1000 strike fines that Oh^s pitching staff tortured Randy Bass with or was he allowed to break the home run record in a more sportsmanlike way ? I saw the players name that held the record before Oh and though it was a Japanese name I wonder if he was 100% Japanese. : Any information on Oh^s home run chase would be very helpful to my students as it is a point that is often brought up. : QUESTION THREE : Can I find email addresses or some way to personally contact Dragons players on the Internet ? I would like to invite one to speak to my class. I know that some live in the neighborhood here by the university but do not know how to find them. : Thanks so much. : Of all the sites I have looked at yours is EASILY the best!!! : All the Best : John Lenihan : Nanzan University : Nagoya, Japan

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