Career home run leader Sadaharu Oh hospitalized due to COVID-19

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese pro baseball’s career home run leader and chairman of the Pacific League’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, has been hospitalized as a precaution due to the coronavirus, the club said Friday.

Oh was admitted to a hospital in southwestern Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, where the Hawks are currently holding their autumn minicamp. The 82-year-old complained of a fever and discomfort in his throat.

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Source : Baseball – The Japan Times

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