Genpei Akasegawa was a pseudonym of Japanese artist Katsuhiko Akasegawa,born March 27,1937 –October 26,2014 in Yokohama. He used another pseudonym,Katsuhiko Otsuji,for literary works. A member of the influential artist groups Neo-Dada Organizers and Hi-Red Center,Akasegawa went on to maintain a multi-disciplinary practice throughout his career as an individual artist. He has had retrospective exhibitions at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art,Chiba City Museum,and Oita City Museum. His work is in the permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Nam June Paik has described Akasegawa as “one of those unexportable geniuses of Japan.”
Mateo "Matty" Rojas Alou was a Dominican professional baseball player and manager. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1974. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Taiheiyo Club Lions from 1974 through 1976. Alou was a two-time All-Star and the 1966 National League batting champion.
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986,most notably as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974. He won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971.
David Earl Lopes is an American former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted and threw right-handed. He played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers,Oakland Athletics,Chicago Cubs,and Houston Astros;he managed the Milwaukee Brewers.
Rickey Eugene Reuschel is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1972 to 1991,winning 214 games with a career 3.37 ERA. His nickname was "Big Daddy" because his speed belied his portly physique. He was known for his deceptive style of pitching,which kept hitters off balance by constantly varying the speeds of his pitches.
Carl Reginald Smith is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and afterwards served as a coach and front office executive. He also played in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for two seasons at the end of his playing career. During a seventeen-year MLB career (1966–1982),Smith appeared in 1,987 games,hit 314 home runs with 1,092 RBI and batted .287. He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. In his prime,he had one of the strongest throwing arms of any outfielder in the MLB. Smith played at least seventy games in thirteen different seasons,and in every one of those thirteen seasons,his team had a winning record.
Clinton Daniel Gladden III is an American former professional baseball player and current radio broadcaster. An outfielder,he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1983–1986),Minnesota Twins (1987–1991),and Detroit Tigers (1992–1993) before playing a final season in Japan in 1994 with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Mariano Duncan Nalasco is a Dominican former second baseman and shortstop who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers,Cincinnati Reds,Philadelphia Phillies,New York Yankees,and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball during his 12-year career. He was the infield coach and first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers under managers Grady Little and Joe Torre. Duncan was an MLB All-Star in 1994 and won two World Series championships as a player.
Elmer Dessens Jusaino [deh-SENZ] is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Gary Wayne Alexander is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher from 1975 through 1981 for the San Francisco Giants,Oakland Athletics,Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates. Alexander caught John Montefusco's no-hitter in 1976.
Christopher William Smith is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.
Bradley Lee Gulden is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1978 and 1986 for the Los Angeles Dodgers,New York Yankees,Seattle Mariners,Montreal Expos,Cincinnati Reds,and San Francisco Giants.
John White Sipin is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played one season in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. He also played nine seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Taiyo Whales and Yomiuri Giants.
Garrett Thomas Jones is an American former professional baseball first baseman and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins,Pittsburgh Pirates,Miami Marlins and New York Yankees.
Mario Miguel Guerrero Abud was a Dominican professional baseball player who was a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams in an eight-year career from 1973 to 1980.
The 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 90th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB),their 22nd season in Los Angeles,California,and their 17th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The team finished the season in third place in the National League West. Near the end of the season,owner Walter O'Malley died,and the ownership of the team went to his son,Peter.
Gordon Ray Windhorn was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 95 games played over parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees,Los Angeles Dodgers,Kansas City Athletics,and Los Angeles Angels. He also played six seasons in Japan for the Hankyu Braves from 1964–1969. Born in Watseka,Illinois,he threw and batted right-handed,and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg). He attended Arizona State University.
The 1978 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 96th season in Major League Baseball,their 21st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season,and their 19th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 89–73 record,6 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Luis Alfonso Cruz is a Mexican former professional baseball infielder who is currently a radio broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Milwaukee Brewers,Dodgers,and New York Yankees,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines,Yomiuri Giants,and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Thomasson or Hyperart Thomasson is a type of conceptual art named by the Japanese artist Akasegawa Genpei in the 1980s. It refers to a useless relic or structure that has been preserved as part of a building or the built environment,which has become a piece of art in itself. These objects,although having the appearance of pieces of conceptual art,were not created to be viewed as such. Akasegawa deemed them even more art-like than art itself,and named them "hyperart". In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in Thomasson,especially since the publication of Akasegawa's work on the subject in English in 2010.
