Chunichi Dragons pitcher Masahiro Yamamoto, who became the oldest man in Japanese baseball history to throw a no-hitter Sept. 16.

Yamamoto displayed superb control and pitched his first career no-hitter at 41 years and one month.

Yamamoto broke the record for oldest pitcher to throw a no-no held by Yoshinori Sato, who achieved the feat with the Orix BlueWave in 1995 at 40 years and 11 months.

The Japan Times Weekly: Sept. 23, 2006
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