Monday, August 24, 2009

史上最多優勝(shijo saita yusho): Most victory in the history

There was the final match of the 91st High School Baseball game at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium (阪神甲子園球場) in Nishinomiya today. High school baseball is the most popular sports in summer. Representatives of 49 prefectures (2 teams from Hokkaido and Tokyo and 1 team from each prefecture) have had a tournament from Aug. 8 for 15 days.
The final was between Chukyodaichukyo ko (中京大中京高) from Aichi(愛知) versus Nihon Bunri ko(日本文理高) from Niigata(新潟). The match became a historical one. It is often said that the baseball game starts from the two outs of 9th inning. Up to 8th inning Nihon Bunri was 6 points behind from Chukyodaichukyo, but in the 9th inning they got 5 points. There was a chance for them to win, but after all Chukyodaichukyo won by 10 vs 9. They became the top of 4,041 high schools.
It was their 7th victory and this is the most winning record in its history. It has been 43 years since they became a champion last time in 1966. Congratulations!!
There were 47,000 spectators today, and the total spectators of the games for 15 days reached 812,000.

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