{"id":81054,"date":"2014-08-06T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T02:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=53062"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:49:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:49:51","slug":"former-hanshin-tigers-slugger-randy-bass-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/former-hanshin-tigers-slugger-randy-bass-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Hanshin Tigers Slugger Randy Bass in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former superstar slugger for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, Randy Bass, will be at PARCO Tenjin tomorrow to promote his original brand of beef jerky &#8211; \u201cBass Triple Crown\u201d. Bass will be at the Kitano Ace shop in the food section of PARCO between 13:00~15:00 and 16:00~18:00. Buy 2 bags (50g) or more and get your choice of photo with him or his signature. Bass is often credited as single-handedly turning the fortune of the Tigers which resulted in the team&#8217;s run and eventual victory of the Japan Series in 1985. He won four consecutive league batting titles; in 1986, he nearly became the first player in Japan to bat .400. Bass won consecutive batting Triple Crowns (1985 and 1986). In 1985, he was on a pace to break Sadaharu Oh&#8217;s record of 55 home runs in a single season, but fell short by one, because in the last game of the season the pitcher from Oh&#8217;s Yomiuri Giants threw only intentional walks. (source Wikipedia) He says he\u2019s looking forward to meeting Hanshin Tigers fans there. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, URL: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassbrand.jp \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bassbrand.jp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1987playball\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1987playball.jpg?resize=369%2C515\" width=\"369\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-53063\" alt=\"sb20130908j1a-870x596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sb20130908j1a-870x596.jpg?w=600\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sb20130908j1a-870x596.jpg?resize=870%2C596&amp;ssl=1 870w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sb20130908j1a-870x596.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53065\" alt=\"PLEASE USE this one PROOF_TSC_GourmetFoods_Card_4x9__REVISED01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Newest-Bass-Brand-2.jpg?resize=600%2C968\" width=\"600\" height=\"968\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former superstar slugger for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, Randy Bass, will be at PARCO Tenjin tomorrow to promote his original brand of beef jerky &#8211; \u201cBass Triple Crown\u201d. Bass will be at the Kitano Ace shop in the food section of PARCO between 13:00~15:00 and 16:00~18:00. Buy 2 bags (50g) or more and get your choice of photo with him or his signature. Bass is often credited as single-handedly turning the fortune of the Tigers which resulted in the team&#8217;s run and eventual victory of the Japan Series in 1985. He won four consecutive league batting titles; in 1986, he nearly became the first player in Japan to bat .400. Bass won consecutive batting Triple Crowns (1985 and 1986). In 1985, he was on a pace to break Sadaharu Oh&#8217;s record of 55 home runs in a single season, but fell short by one, because in the last game of the season the pitcher from Oh&#8217;s Yomiuri Giants threw only intentional walks. (source Wikipedia) He says he\u2019s looking forward to meeting Hanshin Tigers fans there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":53064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81054","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}