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13 produkter
Banzai Babe Ruth
Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan
Inbunden, 2012
413 kr
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In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese …
Wally Yonamine
The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
Häftad, 2012
291 kr
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Wally Yonamine was both the first Japanese American to play for an NFL franchise and the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II. This is the unlikely story of how a shy young man from the sugar plantations of Maui overcame prejudice to integrate two professional …
Banzai Babe Ruth
Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan
Häftad, 2013
283 kr
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In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese …
Mashi
The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer
Inbunden, 2015
351 kr
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In the spring of 1964, the Nankai Hawks of Japan’s Pacific League sent nineteen-year-old Masanori Murakami to the Class A Fresno Giants to improve his skills. To nearly everyone’s surprise, Murakami, known as Mashi, dominated the American hitters. With the San Francisco Giants caught in a close …
Issei Baseball
The Story of the First Japanese American Ballplayers
Inbunden, 2020
357 kr
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2021 SABR Baseball Research Award2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Medal Winner Baseball has been called America’s true melting pot, a game that unites us as a people. Issei Baseball is the story of the pioneers of Japanese American baseball, Harry Saisho, Ken Kitsuse, Tom Uyeda, Tozan …
Mashi
The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer
Häftad, 2020
217 kr
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In the spring of 1964, the Nankai Hawks of Japan’s Pacific League sent nineteen-year-old Masanori Murakami to the Class A Fresno Giants to improve his skills. To nearly everyone’s surprise, Murakami, known as Mashi, dominated the American hitters. With the San Francisco Giants caught in a close …
In the Japanese Ballpark
Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball
Inbunden, 2025
421 kr
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Baseball is the national pastime of both the United States and Japan, but the two countries approach and play the game differently both on the field and away from it. To shed light on these differences and help fans gain a greater appreciation for Nippon Professional Baseball, Robert K. Fitts turns …
Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan, Volume II
1960-2019
E-bok, 2023
173 kr
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To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Japanese baseball, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) has published the two-volume set, Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan, Volumes I and II. Over 100 baseball teams from the United States and Hawaii have crossed the Pacific to play baseball in …
Nichibei Yakyu
US Tours of Japan, Volume 1, 1907 - 1958
Av Robert K. Fitts, James Forr m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
173 kr
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Foreword by Allan "Bud" Selig. To celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Japanese baseball, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is proud to publish a two-volume set, Nichibei Yakyu: US Baseball Tours of Japan. The first book in the set is Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan,1907 - 1958. …
Nichibei Yakyu
US Tours of Japan, Volume 1, 1907 - 1958
Av Robert K Fitts, Bill Nowlin m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
359 kr
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Remembering Japanese Baseball
An Oral History of the Game
Inbunden, 2005
600 kr
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Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game transports us onto diamonds and into dugouts on the other side of the globe, where the vigorous sportsmanship of the game and the impassioned devotion of its fans transcend cultural and geographic borders and prove that baseball is fast …
Remembering Japanese Baseball
An Oral History of the Game
Häftad, 2005
251 kr
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Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game transports us onto diamonds and into dugouts on the other side of the globe, where the vigorous sportsmanship of the game and the impassioned devotion of its fans transcend cultural and geographic borders and prove that baseball is fast …
