Pete LaCock's father is Peter Marshall, best known as the legendary host of "The Hollywood Squares" from 1966 to 1981 (as well as a brief stint in 2002).
Gotta love a 41 minute video, really living up to the “Gaijin Baseball” name by talking about so many gaijin 👀 And thank you for the Braves/Boomer slot!
Wow. Wow wow wow. That story regarding the Tigers (my team of choice) and how they treated Randy Bass is wild. I look forward to seeing more Hanshin Tigers content in the future!
Boomer played with Syracuse for a couple of years to end the 70s. I heard from former teammate Steve Grilli that his son, former Pirates closer Jason Grilli, would always go to him for his second hand comic books!
"Leon Lee's son Derrek spent a good part of his childhood there" Derreck was one of my favorite Cubs as a kid. Funnily enough, my first Cubs jersey was a Murton one I got in 2006. I bought his because his was the only one I could afford. I wore that shirt so much it eventually disintegrated. I was so happy to find out he had success in Japan.
I had no idea that Derrek Lee's dad and uncle were such legends in the Japanese game. That's so cool to know, especially since Derrek Lee was one of my favorite players as a kid. Love the channel btw and look forward to more videos that you post.
It's honestly a shame that Derrek didn't take a one year deal with the Chiba Marines just for shots and goggles. He would've been a fan favorite no matter how he did.
@@GaijinBaseball That would have been a sight to see. Would have been a great somewhat full circle moment for the Lee family to see Derrek play for the Marines in one final hurrah in 2012.
35:52 Some of these pitching stats during the 80's require a bit more context............. NPB offense in the 80's was absolutely bonkers. lol Also, I am not sure if you took this into account or not, as it's slightly out of the scope of the video (the video is amazing mind you!) but of course NPB didn't (and still doesn't) play the same amount of games MLB teams do. Because of this, a while ago, I made a spreadsheet that tells what a NPB players stats would be if they played the same rate of MLB games for their career. I mention this because Bass's 1985 season? Had NPB played the same amount of games as MLB did, Bass's 1985 season may have resulted in 67 HR's. SIXTY. SEVEN.
Manna from heaven! The algorithm finally had the good sense to put your into my suggested queue. I'm looking forward to learning more about Japanese Baseball.
Yeah, that happens alot, if the surname is too long, they use first name instead vecause it's cheaper. That's the reason why Orix had Ichiro instead of Suzuki on the back of Ichiro's uniform. It was cheaper to use his given name, and Orix was pretty cheap.
The major reason was the strong 80s was the strong Yen during this period. Since the states trapped Japan by the Plaza Accord that weakened the Japanese economy, the buying power of NpB teams diminished
I went to a Tigers game in the Osaka dome they were playing the Buffalos Ichiro almost hit for the cycle I had to buy a Buffalo cap the dark l blue one with the red eyes coolest baseball cap i ever seen
Cecil fielder was the one who pioneered playing back to mLB by doing well in NPB. Tigers mis management on Bass case was no surprise that tigers management was notoriously bad in history almost like became their traditions
I wanna learn to speak Japanese really bad if anyone has any good suggestions how a person can learn that on their own? One thing I’ve noticed is whether it’s a name or a word, you never see a word that begins or has the letter L In Japanese.
Pete LaCock's father is Peter Marshall, best known as the legendary host of "The Hollywood Squares" from 1966 to 1981 (as well as a brief stint in 2002).
26:47 There's another thing about Pete LaCock besides his name being Pete LaCock. His dad is Pierre LaCock, aka Peter Marshall from Hollywood Squares.
Gotta love a 41 minute video, really living up to the “Gaijin Baseball” name by talking about so many gaijin 👀
And thank you for the Braves/Boomer slot!
Wow. Wow wow wow. That story regarding the Tigers (my team of choice) and how they treated Randy Bass is wild. I look forward to seeing more Hanshin Tigers content in the future!
Upvoted just for using the Yakuza 0 Disco music as an intro.
And the video is great too.
My old next door neighbor! Brad Lesley “Animal San”. Dudes jersey said “Animal” on the back
Boomer played with Syracuse for a couple of years to end the 70s. I heard from former teammate Steve Grilli that his son, former Pirates closer Jason Grilli, would always go to him for his second hand comic books!
Intro hit harder than my grandma smacking me as a baby with the chankla
"Leon Lee's son Derrek spent a good part of his childhood there"
Derreck was one of my favorite Cubs as a kid.
Funnily enough, my first Cubs jersey was a Murton one I got in 2006. I bought his because his was the only one I could afford. I wore that shirt so much it eventually disintegrated. I was so happy to find out he had success in Japan.
I was watching m.l.b. one Saturday and Pete Lacock put out Dave Laroach at first base.😆 It went right over the announcers heads.
Nice video! I just got into Japanese baseball, discovered that my uncle by marriage use to play.
That's amazing!
Who did he play for, if you don't mind me asking?
@@GaijinBaseball Carps and Lions, if I'm correct he currently coaches for the Carps Yusuke Kawada
@@GaijinBaseball Imagine If Ryan Howard Played In Japan In 2004 Oh Boy Howard Would've Been Huge In Japan
I had no idea that Derrek Lee's dad and uncle were such legends in the Japanese game. That's so cool to know, especially since Derrek Lee was one of my favorite players as a kid. Love the channel btw and look forward to more videos that you post.
It's honestly a shame that Derrek didn't take a one year deal with the Chiba Marines just for shots and goggles.
He would've been a fan favorite no matter how he did.
@@GaijinBaseball That would have been a sight to see. Would have been a great somewhat full circle moment for the Lee family to see Derrek play for the Marines in one final hurrah in 2012.
35:52 Some of these pitching stats during the 80's require a bit more context............. NPB offense in the 80's was absolutely bonkers. lol
Also, I am not sure if you took this into account or not, as it's slightly out of the scope of the video (the video is amazing mind you!) but of course NPB didn't (and still doesn't) play the same amount of games MLB teams do.
Because of this, a while ago, I made a spreadsheet that tells what a NPB players stats would be if they played the same rate of MLB games for their career. I mention this because Bass's 1985 season? Had NPB played the same amount of games as MLB did, Bass's 1985 season may have resulted in 67 HR's.
SIXTY. SEVEN.
Great video, thanks for putting this together. One point of information - it’s Matt Kee-oh.
Fucking awesome video! Keep at it brother!
great vid man keep it up :)
incredible stuff! Keep up the fantastic work!
Manna from heaven! The algorithm finally had the good sense to put your into my suggested queue. I'm looking forward to learning more about Japanese Baseball.
nice work! hope your channels get bigger!
12:35 I love that the uniform just says steve lol.
Yeah, that happens alot, if the surname is too long, they use first name instead vecause it's cheaper. That's the reason why Orix had Ichiro instead of Suzuki on the back of Ichiro's uniform. It was cheaper to use his given name, and Orix was pretty cheap.
Great video! Keep it up dude
Your channel is my very favourite on UA-cam. Thank you SO much for this contribution to baseball.
Great video-thank you!
Love these videos they got me into Japanese baseball please keep up the content
Excellent program.
Somebody on here posted the full version of Carlos Ponce cheer song and now it's gone.
i like how Hankyu put the nickname of their foreign players on the uniform, not their actual names.
The major reason was the strong 80s was the strong Yen during this period.
Since the states trapped Japan by the Plaza Accord that weakened the Japanese economy, the buying power of NpB teams diminished
Go Carter Stewart!
I went to a Tigers game in the Osaka dome they were playing the Buffalos Ichiro almost hit for the cycle I had to buy a Buffalo cap the dark l blue one with the red eyes coolest baseball cap i ever seen
Cecil fielder was the one who pioneered playing back to mLB by doing well in NPB.
Tigers mis management on Bass case was no surprise that tigers management was notoriously bad in history almost like became their traditions
those early Daiei Hawks helmets are so weird.
Jeez Warren Cromartie could rake.
Hirooka would have been considered extreme by the Taliban. Did he let his players listen to music or fly kites?
Great video. But Matt Keogh’s last name is pronounced “KEE-oh”, not “koff”
Poor STEVE...
Eddie Murphy...uh, I mean Ralph Bryant was a great player
I wanna learn to speak Japanese really bad if anyone has any good suggestions how a person can learn that on their own? One thing I’ve noticed is whether it’s a name or a word, you never see a word that begins or has the letter L In Japanese.