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Article: NESN feature focuses on baseball in Japan 'Diamonds in the Far East' worth watching
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 9, 2002
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If you didn't catch its initial airing Sunday night on New England
Sports Network, make it a point to scan the TV listings because
NESN's latest Front Row special, Diamonds in the Far East - Baseball
in Japan, is a home run.
The hour-long special on professional baseball and the overall
popularity of the game in the Land of the Rising Sun is the creation
of lead producer and Maine native Bob Sylvester and Jim Van Dillen.
"Yeah, we're excited about it," said NESN publicist Gary Roy.
"They're saying it may be one of our best Front Row specials ever."
It wouldn't seem likely there would be many New England
connections to Japanese baseball, but NESN found several, starting
with the story of how ...