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Article: AMERICA'S PASTIME IS A BIG HIT OVERSEAS BUT MAJOR LEAGUE GROUP HOPES TO MAKE BASEBALL NO. 1 IN WORLD
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 26, 1990
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TOKYO - It can happen to you on the jam-packed streets of
the Ginza, or any other shopping district in Japan. Your thoughts
shift to baseball. Why not pick up a Red Sox cap, a Dodger Blue
jacket, an authentic major league glove, tailored just right to fit
your hand?
But quickly you discover prices that discount-worshiping
Americans would be reluctant to pay. The sweatshirt is likely to be
that of the Tokyo HamFighters or the Seibu Lions, and it might cost
you $65 instead of $40 at the company store at Fenway Park.
The shiny jacket you want to wear is a replica of the Giants
of Tokyo, not of San Francisco, and costs $200 instead of $100. The
best-selling glove is made by Mizuno, not ...