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TOKYO — Japan's career home run leader Sadaharu Oh is reported hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms. Japan's Kyodo news agency cited the Japanese club the SoftBank Hawks, where Oh is the club chairman. Kyodo said Oh was admitted to a hospital in southwestern Japan in Miyazaki prefecture. The agency said the 82-year-old Oh was admitted after complaining of a fever and throat pain. It gave no further details. Oh hit 868 home runs in Japanese baseball and played for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants, primarily as a first baseman. He batted and threw left-handed.
