Calbee Professional Baseball Card 1975 Edition No. 101 Ganbare Giants Shigeru Takada (Yomiuri Giants) September 30th, Korakuen Stadium, vs. Chunichi Dragons On this day, Takada made a great catch of a hit ball by Yazawa of the Chunichi Dragons that was heading towards center-left field! It was truly an era when Takada was the Giants' left fielder! This year was the first season for Manager Shigeo Nagashima. Nagashima's Giants, who set out with "Clean Baseball" as their motto and renewed their uniforms and coaching staff, had a tough year. There was also the topic of Dave Johnson, a current Major Leaguer, joining the team, but the result was the only official season last-place finish in Giants history. It was a frustrating year for Giants fans, but it was a turbulent time where they endured and brilliantly won the league championship the following year. I would like to offer this to those who feel nostalgic for those days, and who are fans of Takada, the Giants, and professional baseball since then. (202304180132) #NPB #Central League #Tetsuji Kawakami (Manager) #Sadaharu Oh #Shigeo Nagashima #Masahiko Mori #Isao Shibata #Toshio Kuroe #Shigeru Takada #Shozo Doi #Tsuneo Horiuchi #Kazumi Takahashi #Yoshito Sekimoto #Masahiro Yanagida #Yasuhiro Hagiwara #Takeshi Ueda #Kenji Awaguchi #Tamio Suetsugu (Toshimitsu Suetsugu) #Makoto Kurata #Hisao Shinpo