2007 – In a 5 – 3 win by the Orix Buffaloes, Tuffy Rhodes and Greg LaRocca both make history. Rhodes cracks his 400th home run, the 14th player and first foreigner in Nippon Pro Baseball history to reach that mark. LaRocca is plunked for the 23rd time this year to set a new Pacific League record.
2007 – In a 5 – 3 win by the Orix Buffaloes, Tuffy Rhodes and Greg LaRocca both make history. Rhodes cracks his 400th home run, the 14th player and first foreigner in Nippon Pro Baseball history to reach that mark. LaRocca is plunked for the 23rd time this year to set a new Pacific League record.