Tag: baseball
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Whiting pays tribute to Boyer, Halberstam
Robert Whiting (Jan 20, 2008) This is a tribute, long overdue, to Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, two class individuals who died last year. The former was an All-Star baseball player, one of the greatest fielding third basemen of all time. The latter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who was perhaps the greatest reporter of…
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Baseball writing award for FCCJ’s Robert Whiting
July 2023 The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is an organization dedicated to the study and research of baseball. It was founded in 1971 and has grown to become one of the most prominent and respected organizations in the world of sport. It comprises fans, scholars, writers, statisticians and former players who share a…
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Japanese Baseball’s ‘Wa’ Factor – International Herald Tribune
July 18 1989 The image below can be expanded by clicking on it
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Japan’s No-Strike Zone – The New York Times
By Robert Whiting (10 Oct, 1994) The long baseball season is finally at an end. On Oct. 22, the two league champions will face each other in the first game of the annual best-of-seven fall classic to determine the professional baseball championship. Although tickets are all but sold out, millions of viewers will be able…
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Land of the Rising Fastball – The New York Times
by Robert Whiting (7 Oct, 1992) After six months and 162 games, the major league playoffs began last night in Atlanta. Yes, the road to the World Series is long, but the road to the Japan Series — the Asian version of the fall classic, which will begin next week — is far more arduous.…
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Author Robert Whiting Tries to Decipher True Meaning of Ichiro – Asahi Weekly
31 October 2004 You can click on the images below to enlarge them.
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East Asia: Gradgrind’s Heirs – The Atlantic, mention of The Chrysanthemum and the Bat
March 1987 The image below can be enlarged by clicking it. The full article can be found online here.
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How Japan Stacks Up – Los Angeles Times on You Gotta Have Wa
1 October 1989 The image below can be expanded by clicking it.
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The Samurai of Summer (Wa) – The New York Times Book Review
11 June 1989 The image below can be enlarged by clicking it.
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