Tag: robert
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The Sports Scene: Difference Between MLB, Japan Pro Ball
by Leslie Nakashima (Oct 26, 1977) — Mainichi Daily News Managers Billy Martin of the New York Yankees and Tom Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers announced their starting pitchers before hand for the opener and the following games in the recent World Series which the Yankees won four games to two. But skippers Shigeo…
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Random Thoughts: The Japanese at Bat
by George Y. Somekawa (Oct 28, 1977) If someone were to tell me that a study of the Japanese playing baseball would reveal basic characteristics of the people of this country, I would immediately think he was out of his mind. The concept of relating sports with national traits of character just did not seem…
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The World of Baseball: From Toledo to Tokyo
by John Wilheim (Nov 1, 1977) — Enquirer and News, Battle Creek Michigan An American baseball fan who suddenly finds himself in Tokyo had decides to attend a Japanese Major league game might think, after watching a few innings, that he had stepped through Alice’s looking glass. With a count of 2-0 or 3-1, the…
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The Book Tells About Baseball in Japan
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…
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The Unwritten Rules in Japanese Baseball
by The Japan Times (Nov 4, 1977) The 1977 professional baseball season in Japan ended Oct. 27 when the Pacific League champion Hankyu Braves defeated the Central League pennant winning Yomiuri Giants, four games to one, in Japan’s version of the World Series. But at least there will be no rest for the Giants. Although…
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‘Japanese Way’ Seen Through Baseball
by Wayne Graczyk (Nov 18, 1977) — The Japan Times One of the comments on the back cover says, “Good summer reading.” The thing is, Robert Whiting’s book, “The Chrysanthemum and the Bat” just recently hit the stands here in Japan. No matter. The work is good winter reading too. In fact it is great…
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Playing Baseball Samurai Style
by Andy McCure (Jan 18, 1978) — Asian Wall Street Journal Baseball, it is often argued in the United States is a peculiarly American game, a sport whose charm is intertwined with the relaxed tempo and spaciousness of a rural summer in the Midwest. Some have even gone so far as to argue that America…
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You Don’t Have to Be an American to Enjoy a Good Baseball Yarn
by Joe Desker (Jun 25, 1978) — Asia Magazine Years ago in New York, as you waited for your subway train, it was next to impossible to miss an advertisement on any platform wall showing a loaf of freshly baked rye bread, beneath which were the words “You don’t have to be Jewish to like…
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Japanese Baseball Game Not Recognized as US Swat
by Syd Porter (Dec 12, 1977) — Yomiuri Of all the writers having tried to explain the real: Japan, few have succeeded as Robert Whiting has in his fascinating book, “The Chrysanthemum and the Bat.” This lively, informative book takes a look at Japanese culture revealed in the important game of baseball. On the surface…
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A Season Inside the Expo’s Dugout
by S.G. Macdonald (Nov 15, 1977) — The Book Corner The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, by Robert Whiting is an entertaining account of the game as it’s played in beisuboru-mad Japan, and of its significance to an understanding of Japanese culture.
