Even though almost 20 years have passed since that 1992 game, and the players on the field hadn't even been born when it happened—if you follow baseball, you couldn't possibly be unaware of that iconic game.
Nonetheless, perspectives on the Narashino players' intentional walk strategy have become divided among today's high school baseball fans.
Those who truly experienced that passionate era and still harbor a special Showa-era sentiment for high school baseball naturally oppose the practice of intentionally walking a batter.
In their view, we, the old folks, travel thousands of miles and spend money on tickets to witness the passionate rivalry among high school students firsthand—if the students resort to any means necessary to win, what's the point of watching such amateur matches when you could watch professional teams nearby?
