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MASAOKA, Shiki

The poet in the Meiji loves and help promote baseball

Inducted	2002
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Ehime
Born	October 14,1867
Died	September 19,2002
Alma Mater	Tokyo Imperial University

The innovator of poetry in 1890s enjoyed playing baseball at prep course of Tokyo University. He wrote many poems on baseball and introductory articles,translating many baseball terms into Japanese. (1) It is far from boring nor tiring to watch a baseball game, which was originally invented by Americans. (2) Bases are full, spectators are anxious and expectant of run-scoring batting.

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