Sadaharu Oh Quotes on Baseball (9 Quotes)

I will take up the post for not only Japan but also the development of baseball in the world. I would like to create the best possible team.

The style of baseball between Cuba and Japan is very similar. The way they played the game (against the Dominican Republic) was more like the Japanese style than the American style. When we meet them, the game will be played in a very similar way, with a lot of speed and a lot of schemes.

In the past when the Cuban team was using the metal bats, we surely had a different style of baseball. But nowadays, the style of baseball between Cuba and Japan are very similar. So when we meet them, the game will be played in a very similar way, with a lot of speed and a lot of schemes in the game.

I feel anew that baseball is wonderful.

I never coached a team for a tournament like this, and never thought the pressure to be so high. Baseball is the best sport. Everyone has to work together. There is nothing more wonderful than that Japanese players did such a wonderful job and showed that to everyone in the world.

It's just unimaginable that this could have happened, or this did happen, in the U. S. where baseball is very famous and popular. And it's a pity that it was overruled.

In his autobiography Sadaharu Oh, a Zen Way of Baseball, ... acquire the body of a rock.

It's unfortunate the play was overruled. It's just unimaginable this could have happened, this did happen, in the United States, where baseball is very famous and very popular.

This first World Baseball Classic is a great success and it showed a lot of positives to the baseball world, but I don't really know how the Olympic committee would perceive this success.