Summer Koshien Notes

• Total attendance for the tournament was 853,000, down from 854,000 last year.  This was the seventh straight tournament where attendance topped 800,000.
• Thirty-six home runs were hit during the tournament, down from thirty-seven last year.
• The first two days were rained out, a first in tournament history.
• Tsuruga Kehi's Sho Oyana hit a grand slam in the semifinals against Osaka Toin.  He became the forty-first player in tournament history to hit a grand slam.
• Nihon Bunri's Makoto Arai recorded a walk-off home run against Toyama Shogyo.  He became the eighteenth player in tournament history to hit a walk-off home run.
• KenDai Takasaki's Atsuki Hirayama stole eight bases during the tournament.  That tied the tournament record set in 1921.
• Four games went into extra innings.

Source: Sponichi 8/26/2014

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Sponichi compiled a list of Best Nines, as chosen by its writers and professional scouts.

Sponichi Writers

Professional Scouts

Source: Sponichi 8/26/2014

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Twitter announced that 4.85 million tweets were posted with #高校野球 (kokoyakyu, or high school baseball).

Top five match-ups, based on the number of tweets made during the game:

• August 25 - Mie vs Osaka Toin
• August 24 - Tsuruga Kehi vs Osaka Toin
• August 12 - Fujishiro vs Osaka Toin
• August 13 - Koryo vs Mie
• August 24 - Nihon Bunri vs Mie

Source: Twitter Japan 8/26/2014

For those looking for Summer Koshien final results - 96th Summer Koshien: Tournament Schedule – Osaka Toin 2014 Champions

I happened to be in the Osaka area over the weekend and got a chance to drop by Koshien Stadium on Sunday.  I didn't purchase tickets so I couldn't watch any of the games, but I did check out one of the stadium stores and picked up a few Summer Koshien related merchandise.

As a way to say thanks for all the support you've provided over the years, I'd like to give these items away to three lucky Yakyubaka readers.

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Koshien Stats for the 2014 Summer Koshien has been updated through to the end of the playing day on Friday.

Additionally, I noticed with some of the stats, like stolen bases, were not updating properly.  These should be fine now. If you notice errors, please let me know.

2014 Summer Koshien Stats

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Koshien Stats for the 2014 Summer Koshien has been updated through to the end of the playing day on Thursday.

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Koshien Stats for the 2014 Summer Koshien has been updated through to the end of the playing day on Wednesday.

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