You must not misdirect your effort.
勝ちに不思議の勝ちあり、負けに不思議の負けなし
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Katsuya Nomura
Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1935, Katsuya Nomura was the first postwar Triple Crown winner as a catcher and later revolutionized Japanese baseball as a manager with his 'ID Baseball' philosophy. Involved in professional baseball for sixty-five years as player and manager, he pushed the intellectual dimension of the sport to its absolute limit through data analysis and psychological warfare.
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