The Golden 70's Years of Hankyu Braves

I will tell you the golden 70's years of Hankyu Braves. Although Braves ended in 4th place in 1970, Braves kept the championship for two years since 1971. However, Braves lost three games in a row, so Braves ended in 1 win/ 4 losses in Nippon Series of 1971. Two years later the system of the former term and the latter term began. Although Braves achieved 1st place of the latter term of the season, it did not became Pacific League Champions, so Yukio Nishimoto quitted the job as the team's manager. One year later Toshiharu Ueda became the manager, but Braves ended in 2nd place. Still, Braves became Pacific League Champions although the Braves' winning percentage was .520 (the lowest record of Nippon Professional Baseball) in the next year. As a result, Braves became Pacific League Champions for four years until 1978. At the same time, Braves became Nippon Series Champions for three years until 1977. In addition Braves achieved the perfect victory in 1976 and 1978 because Braves became 1st place both of the former and the latter term of 1976 and 1978. In this 70's years Braves possessed Takashi Yamaguchi (Pitcher), Hisashi Yamada (Pitcher), Hideji Katoh (First Baseman), Yutaka Fukumoto (Outfielder), and Roberto "Bobby" Marcano Cherubini (Second Baseman). In 1979 Takao Kajimoto became the team's manager because Toshiharu Ueda quitted the job as the team's manager. Although Braves' ace pitcher Hisashi Yamada recorded 21 wins/ 5 saves, and Braves' slugger Eiji Katoh did AVG .364, HR 35, and RBI 104, Braves could not keep the championship for five years because Braves was defeated by Kintetsu Buffaloes in the play-off of 1979.

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