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No more! I'm going to lose! But then you think, "I'm going to lose!" But there are those home runs that save the day and save you from certain death. Today, I'm going to announce the top 10 home runs I've seen at Koshien that have saved my life. Please let me know in the comments what your memorable home runs are. 🙇 10th place Ube Commercial High School, Hamaguchi 1983 Summer, 2nd round, against Teikyo High School 9th place Komadai Tomakomai High School, Nakazawa Tatsuya 2006 3rd round, against Aomori Yamada High School 8th place Nitta Miyashita Noriaki 1990 Spring, 2nd round, against Nihon University Fujisawa High School 7th place Ube Commercial High School, Miyauchi Hiroshi 1988 3rd round, against Tokai University Kofu High School 6th place Meitoku Gijuku High School, Okita 2002 Summer, 3rd round, against Joso Gakuin High School 5th place Seimei High School, Yano 2018 Summer, 2nd round, against Seiryo High School 4th place PL Gakuen High School, Kuwata Masumi 1984 Summer, Semi-final, against Kanaashi Nogaku High School 3rd place Seimei High School, Takahashi 2004 Spring, Quarter-final, against Tohoku High School 2nd place Minoshima High School, Shimada 1979 Summer, 3rd round 1st place in the Seiryo match Minoshima Morikawa 1979 Summer 3rd round Seiryo match 📗 Recommended baseball books 📗 [Theory of Chiben Wakayama Takashima Jin "88 rules for winning from the coach with the most wins at Koshien"] 48 years of coaching experience at Chiben Gakuen and Chiben Wakayama. A summary of 88 rules from player development to team building by the fighting general who has won 68 games at Koshien in total. This book is recommended not only for coaches but also for high school baseball fans, players, and parents. →https://amzn.to/3PoeV67 [Unwavering - The conflicts and decisions of Chiben Wakayama Takashima Jin, the coach with the most wins at Koshien] The summer Koshien tournament was held for the 100th time in 2018. In its 100-year history, many famous matches, famous players, and famous coaches have been born. In the long history of Koshien, the coach who has won more games than anyone else is Chiben Wakayama High School coach Jin Takashima (currently honorary coach). He led Chiben Gakuen and Chiben Wakayama to 38 appearances in the spring and summer Koshien tournaments, with a total of 68 wins, both of which are the most in history. He continued to play on the field even after turning 70, but retired in the summer of 2018, much to the regret of his fans. The various conflicts and emotional turmoil he experienced leading up to this, the heyday that led him to be called the "Heisei champions," his suspension when the dark began to appear, and the convictions he stuck to despite that. Focusing on interviews with Takashima himself, more than 50 people related to him, including his students, opposing coaches, his hometown, and his family, will tell the unknown truth. A non-fiction work written by author Shiro Tanigami, who has followed Takashima more than anyone else for the past 10 years and is trusted by Takashima himself → https://amzn.to/406V5RP [The Coach Who Won Too Much: Komadai Tomakomai's Phantom Three-peat] The first Koshien victory for Hokkaido, the fifth school in history to win consecutive summer championships, and an unprecedented three-peat. What was this man angry about and craving behind the glory? In the summer of 2006, the whole of Japan was excited by the rematch of the Koshien final. Waseda Jitsugyo vs. Komadai Tomakomai. Moreover, Komadai had not lost since achieving the first national championship for Hokkaido, and was on the verge of an unprecedented three-peat. The team was led by 35-year-old Takada Takashi. Contrary to his brilliant achievements, what drove him to become completely injured and to be dragged down from the public eye? A work of passion that follows the most famous coach in the history of high school baseball. Winner of the 39th Kodansha Non-Fiction Award. →https://amzn.to/4gEYPBa