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Baseball History In Japan

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011




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Mу First Baseball Game іn Japan


Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan


Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan


$23.07


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 and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of Banzai! Banzai Babe Ruth! The all-stars stayed f…

You Gotta Have Wa


You Gotta Have Wa


$4.99


An important element in Japanese baseball is wa–group harmony–embodied in the proverb “The nail that sticks up shall be hammered down”. But what if the nail is a visiting American player? Here’s a look at Japanese baseball, as seen by baffled Americans…

The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary


The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary


$19.95


The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II….

2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 - 1st MLB game played in Japan


2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 – 1st MLB game played in Japan



2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 – 1st MLB game played in Japan…


2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 - 1st MLB game played in Japan


2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 – 1st MLB game played in Japan



2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 – 1st MLB game played in Japan…


2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 - 1st MLB game played in Japan


2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 – 1st MLB game played in Japan



2010 Topps History of the Game #HOG25 – 1st MLB game played in Japan…


Japan


Japan


$54.02


Traces the history of Japan, from the earliest times to the present.

History of Japan


History of Japan


$23.67


The original 1972 Australian publication has been revised to include new findings that shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and culture. Traces the evolution of modern Japan from its early pre-history through the post-Cold War period to the collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990`s and analyzes the religion, culture, and arts of the Japanese people from the sixth century B.C. to the present. Contains many b&w illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Reading Baseball (Paperback)


Reading Baseball (Paperback)


$26.92


In Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, author and scholar Braham Dabsheck muses upon some of baseball`s silent yet magnificently important treasures. He examines several topics, including the business of the game (industrial and labor relations, Curt Flood, law, and organized baseball); social commentary biographies (such as the work of Ken Burns and Stephen Jay Gould); and culture of the game as it spreads across the globe to places like Australia, Japan, and Latin America.The insightful collection of essays in Reading Baseball conveys to the reader the glorious and the sinister, the cogs and the chemistry, the sentimental memories and the bitter history. The contents are an important companion to any enthusiast of baseball or sport history and culture.