What sports is the most popular in your country? In Japan maybe baseball. Today is the anniversary of home run. On Sep. 3, 1977 Sadaharu Oh(王貞治) of Yomiuri Giants hit the 756th home run and renewed the world record of Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron. He was 37 years old.
On Sep. 5 the Japanese government decided to create the People's Honour Award (国民栄誉賞：kokumin eiyo sho) to bestow him to celebrate.
His way of hitting is known as ippon ashi daho(一本足打法, literally one-leg hitting), "flamingo" leg kick.
During his player career, he hit 868 home runs which is the world record for home runs in a top league.
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