Reviews of Bob’s work

The Chrysanthemum and the Bat

Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan

Tokyo Underworld

You Gotta Have Wa

(1989) “How Japan Stacks Up“, Los Angeles Times, October 1
(1989) “The Enigma of Japanese Baseball-whacky“, September 22
(1989) “Zen and the Art of Baseball“, Time Magazine, August 14
(1989) “Japanese Put a Spin on Baseball“, The New York Times Books of the Times, July 15
(1989) “The Hardest Hardball in the World“, Los Angeles Times, July 9
(1989) “The Samurai of Summer“, The New York Times Book Review, June 11
(1989) “You Gotta Have Wa – Chicago Tribune Review“, Chicago Tribune, June 10
(1989) “Why the ‘Red Devil’ Wore Out Welcome“, Atlanta Journal, June 4
(1989) “You Gotta Have ‘Wa’ – Newsday Review“, Newsday, June 4
(1989) “You Gotta Have Wa Review – Pittsburgh Post Gazette“, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 31
(1989) “Wa Review – The Washington Post“, The Washington Post, May 28
(1989) “In Japan, Baseball’s Played by the Code of the Samurai“, Ed Hinton, May 17
(1989) “You Gotta Have Wa – Review, Library Journal“, Library Journal, May 1
(1989) “Whiting Explains Differences Between U.S., Japan Games: There Are at Least Two Ways to Play Baseball“, Karl Greenfield, April 21
(1989) “Orel Hershiser, James Fallows, and David Halberstam“, Orel Hershiser, James Fallows, and David Halberstam, April 15
(1989) “Review: You Gotta Have Wa“, Publishers Weekly, April 14
(1989) “Review: You Gotta Have Wa“, Kirkus Reviews, April 1