Well, that's disappointing
The Japanese hall of fame announces its selections at approximately the same time that the American hall does.
And today's the day. (Americans have to wait I think until the 26th.)
The selections were Katsuji Kawashima and Kazuo Sayama. Kawashima was the manager of the silver-medal-winning Japanese team at the 1996 Olympics. His professional baseball career had been in the industrial leagues. Sayama is an author who writes about baseball.
No players were elected. Shingo Takatsu came very close, Masa Yamamoto got 68%, and Alex Ramirez got 65%. Just like the American hall, it takes 75% of the vote to be elected. So that means that I've got no cards to add to my hall of fame collection this year.
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