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* Review: Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball

April 19, 2009

Seems Yonamine was sort of the Jackie Robinson of Japanese baseball. This review comes from The Hardball Times.

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* Baseball as inspiration

March 24, 2009

From mentalfloss.com: If there’s one author who bridges the cultural divide between the United States and Japan, it’s Haruki Murakami. The 60-year-old Kyoto native started writing relatively late in life, at age 29, and it was America’s national pastime that inspired him. While attending a baseball game in Tokyo, Murakami saw American Dave Hilton hit […]

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* Further proof that baseball readers are everywhere

September 17, 2008

In this article from Daily Yuriumi Online, Yoshinobu Furumoto discusses the process of writing a biography about his father,  who pitched for a Japanese-Canadian team in the early 1900s. It’s an interesting story of discovery and family roots that transcends nationality. In the end, the book, titled “Bankuba Asahi-gun” (The Vancouver Asahi), by Ted Y. […]

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* Art opening

September 15, 2008

“Oregon Nisei Baseball — The Early Years” exhibit featuring black-and-white images of Nisei teams and Northwest baseball tournaments.  Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center: 121 N.W. Second Ave. (503-224-1458) Hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tue-Sat, noon-3 p.m. Sun.  Opening reception 1:30 p.m. Sun, Sept. 14; through Jan. 11, 2009. From the Web site: In celebration of the 10th […]

Tagged as: baseball art, baseball photography, Japanese baseball

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* Author interview: Robert Fitts

September 1, 2008

From East Windup Chronicles, a blog that covers Asian baseball, this interview with the author of Wally Yonamine: The Man who Changed Japanese Baseball.

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* Announcement: author appearance

August 30, 2008

Kerry Yo Nakagawa will discuss his  book, Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball on Friday September 19, 7 pm Community Roomat the Altadena, Calif. library, located at 600 E. Mariposa.  Following his talk will be a screening of American Pastime, the award-winning film  he produced. This powerful film tells the story of […]

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