Shohei Ohtani reacts to death of Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima: 'May your soul rest in peace'

Shigeo Nagashima, 1 of the greatest Japanese shot players of each time, has died astatine the property of 89. 

The Yomiuri Giants, the Nippon Professional Baseball league squad helium played for and managed passim his illustrious vocation successful Japan, confirmed his decease Tuesday. 

While helium was a Japanese legend, Nagashima was beloved globally, and that showed with the outpouring of emotion and enactment aft the quality of his death, including from Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani. 

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Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima attends the Nagashima Japan Dream Project astatine Makuhari Messe Jan. 19, 2008, successful Chiba, Japan.  (Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)

"May your psyche remainder successful peace," Ohtani’s caption connected Instagram beneath a representation of Ohtani and Nagashima said erstwhile translated to English.

Ohtani’s Dodgers, who tried to bargain Nagashima’s declaration from the Giants portion helium was playing, besides shared condolences. 

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"The Dodgers mourn the passing of Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s ‘Mr. Baseball,’ who died Tuesday successful Tokyo astatine property 89," the Dodgers said. "Nagashima became a fable for the Yomiuri Giants, who person enjoyed a longstanding narration with the Dodgers from arsenic acold backmost arsenic the 1960s. We widen our heartfelt condolences to his household and generations of fans."

For 17 NPB seasons, Nagashima starred for the Giants, slashing .305/.379/.540 with 44 location runs and 190 stolen bases from 1958-74. He was named the Central League Most Valuable Player 5 times arsenic 1 of the astir feared hitters successful the sport. 

Third baseman Shigeo Nagashima of the Tokyo Giants of the Japanese Central League moves to a shot deed toward the baseline during a outpouring grooming crippled successful March 1971 against the Baltimore Orioles astatine Miami Stadium successful Miami, Fla. (Diamond Images/Getty Images)

Nagashima and chap Japanese fable Sadaharu Oh helped the Giants triumph 9 consecutive Japan Series, and Nagashima won 11 wide during his playing days. 

When his vocation was implicit successful uniform, Nagashima and Oh took turns starring the Giants arsenic managers. Nagashima won a mates of Japan Series titles arsenic manager, including his 1994 play with Hideki Matsui starring the way.

Matsui went connected to prima for the New York Yankees successful the large leagues arsenic Japanese superstars heading to MLB became much commonplace. Matsui was instrumental successful bringing the Yankees their 27th satellite rubric successful 2009. 

Shohei Ohtani reacted to the decease of Japanese shot fable Shigeo Nagashima Tuesday.  (Getty Images)

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Nagashima stayed connected to the crippled to the precise end, including his relation arsenic a torchbearer astatine the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Oh and Matsui. 

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