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  • The Book Tells About Baseball in Japan

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    by Hal Drake (Nov 14, 1977) — Pacific Stars and Stripes The first time Robert Whiting saw Japanese baseball, he thought it was something between Early Sandlot and a vintage Marx Brothers comedy. “You’d see a third baseman charging a hard ground ball” – a bizarre bonehead play that would have a Little League coach…