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The evolution of Japanese baseball strategy.
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The Baseball Research Journal
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January 1, 2007
- Author:
- Fitts, Robert K.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 University of Nebraska Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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When Animal, sometimes known as Brad Lesley, decided to go to Japan in 1986, he was apprehensive. "I don't speak the language. I don't know the food," he thought. "Thank God baseball is baseball." After two months, he concluded, "The food is great, the people are wonderful. It's the baseball that's ass backwards!"
Many writers have focused on the cultural differences between Japanese and American baseball. The most notable is Robert Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa and the Meaning of Ichiro, among other works. But ever since I played on a Japanese company team 10 years ago, I've been fascinated by how the game is played differently between the lines, and how these ...
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