[Kyodo news]
Baseball: Sachio "Iron Man" Kinugasa dies at 71
Tokyo - Hall of Famer Sachio Kinugasa, whose 2,215 consecutive games
remain a Japanese record, died of colon cancer Monday aged 71, people
familiar with the matter said.
Nicknamed "Iron Man," Kinugasa played for the Hiroshima Carp
Hmmm. I'm guessing that the panel that judges these things has to take points
off for it being a *deliberate* crash. I mean, that's *cheating*, isn't it?
-Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) (sigh, RIP)
P.S. And, of course, if you were going for "The Sweet Hereafter", the van
would have to stop
