If Sadaharu Oh has the all time home run record, then why the Bonds hype just yet?

Question

Let him 869 home runs 1st.

yeah, he will just break the MLB record, not baseball record.

baseball record is bigger than MLB record.

incomplete evidence for Josh Gibson's record.

Jeremy, if its about the minor league, then still, those numbers u gave arent enough to surpass Oh

dewe gave the best answer.

this question is now closed. Any further answers will not be acknowledged.

Thank You.

Answer 1

Because the Average baseball fan does know of him, they assume Hank Aaron (as of 11:12 PM CST) is the all-time Home Run king

Answer 2

To the guy that said that Gibson hit over 800 HR's may be right, but he played against mostly terrible competition, like club teams and high school teams. Only about 150 of those HR's were in official ***** league games. Anyway, we live in America, and we have the MLB. If it is correct or not, people believe that the MLB has the best competition and the greatest players out of any league. For the most part, Americans care about records set by people in America that is very publicized and covered by the media.

Answer 3

Let me think about this one. Sadaharu Oh played in the Japanese league. The competetion there is no where near what it is in the MLB. You think he would have had that many home runs or would have been able to play that many seasons if he was playing the MLB. I dont think so. It doesnt really matter what my answer is cause you are quite childish and probably wont even read it.

Answer 4

Barry Bonds is gunning for the MLB record. It's not always mentioned that we are talking about the MLB record when the context makes it obvious.
The quality of play is much higher in MLB than in Japanese baseball, which makes it so meaningful.

Answer 5

Oh's record is the Japanese professional record. Japanese baseball during Oh's career featured somewhat smaller parks, so home runs were a bit easier.

If you're going to count Oh's home runs in non-MLB games, then you also need to count Bonds's and Aaron's minor league records. Bonds had 20 HR in his 2 years in the minor leagues, and Aaron had 31. So it looks like Bonds still has 12 more to hit to pass Hank, if you're counting all professional baseball.

Answer 6

You are acting like a child. You don't get the answer you want so you are not acknowledging new answers??

Major league baseball does not include records from Japan, it's really not that hard to understand. Oh did hit many more homers, but it's generally acknowledged that the level of play in Japan is not as high as it is here in the major leagues in the United States.

You are a joke. The question is now closed?? I am laughing here reading how you kept repeating stuff over and over like a five-year old.

For now acknowledging new answers, you seem to be giving thumbs up to the people who agree with you, and thumbs down to the ones who do not. Pathetic.

Answer 7

As you seem to be monitoring the answers as fast as they come in, my guess is that you are just trying to be difficult.

Ah...had I noticed who asked the question, I would have known I was right. She's like that. Now she'll try and report this as "abuse." Whatever, chicky.

"Let him 869 home runs 1st." Idiot. Not only missing a verb, but FIRST is correct, 1st is not. 1st is an ordinal number, First connotes time. See how she is? Dewe apparently knows how to play suckup--whoever agrees with her gets "best answer."

Answer 8

It's because in America, we follow the Major League Baseball records. No matter how many home runs any one else has hit in any country, the records aren't recognized in the U.S. since they aren't recognized by the MLB.

Answer 9

the true homerun champ is Josh Gibson who hit over 800 homeruns in the Negroe League.

Answer 10

It's the usual American attitude of nothing else counts in other parts of the world & that American records are the only one that matters.