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Japanese Baseball Books

It takes dedication to make a career out of writing about a niche topic such as Japanese baseball. One of those writers is Rob Fitts, an award-winning author who wrote Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game. His love affair with Japanese baseball began with his first game at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo.

…He found himself in Japan because his wife, an attorney, was offered a six-month internship. An archaeologist by trade, Fitts continued to write his Ph.D. while he was there. The couple lived in Japan for almost two years, and Fitts eventually left archaeology and began selling Japanese baseball cards. He had a customer who bought the cards of Wally Yonamine, the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II. When Fitts realized the customer was…

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This day in sports: Baseball’s home run king is dead -

He single-handedly changed the way the game of baseball was played. He set records that remain in place until this day. His superstar status transcended the ga

…He single-handedly changed the way the game of baseball was played. He set records that remain in place until this day. His superstar status transcended the game of baseball. And, on this day, August 16, 1948, the world mourned the death of baseball’s greatest hero, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr.

Nicknamed “The Babe” early on in his baseball career, Ruth’s early success in baseball came as a left-handed pitcher. Originally signed in 1914 by the then minor-league Baltimore Orioles, Ruth quickly made it to the major leagues, sold to the Boston Red Sox in July, 1914.

Ruth had an 89-46 record during his career as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, participating in three World Series, winning both his starts in the 1918 World Series, and setting a record with a consecutive scoreless inning streak of 29? innings, a record that stood until Whitey Ford broke it in 1961.

Ruth was also famous for another historic pitching event. On June 23, 1917 against the Washington Senators, after walking the leadoff hitter,…

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