Death of Hall of Fame Ironman Pitcher Kazuhisa Inao Stuns Japanese Baseball

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Legendary Nishitetsu Lions (now Seibu) righthander Kazuhisa Inao, who brought the team down from a 3-0 Japan Series by personally winning each of the final four games in 1958, including one he finished off with a walkoff homer, died Tuesday at age 70 of cancer. The Beppu, Oita Prefecture native began experiencing numbness in his left arm and neck in mid-October and it worsened to include his leg on that side as well before he went into hospital at the end of the month to be examined. He was given radiation treatments before succumbing around 1 a.m. November 13th Japan Time.

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