Tag: Sports Illustrated
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From the Publisher About Robert Whiting
by Donald J. Barr (May 15, 1989) — Sports Illustrated — written about Robert Whiting, not by him Author Robert Whiting has never been exactly conventional when it comes to selecting the locales where he settles in to write. His first book, The Chrysanthemum and the Bat-considered the definitive one on Japanese baseball and also…
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The Master of Besuboru
by Robert Whiting (Aug 21, 1989) — Sports Illustrated Sadaharu Oh leaned across the table in a Tokyo sushi restaurant one recent evening and paid his American guest, Warren Cromartie, the ultimate compliment. “You’ve completely mastered Japanese baseball,” said the man who hit a record 868 home runs, as he hoisted a glass of beer…
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WBC: Catching On
by Robert Whiting (Mar 13, 2006) — Sports Illustrated The World Baseball Classic started slowly in Tokyo, then a Korean squad with something to prove upset the home team. If there were lessons learned in the first World Baseball Classic’s first round-robin series, held in Tokyo last weekend, one had to do with the weather–more…
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After quake and tsunami, public split on baseball’s return to Japan
by Robert Whiting (Apr 11, 2011) – Sports Illustrated Besuboru is finally back in Japan, after a delay caused by the worst earthquake in the nation’s history and an ensuing tsunami that ravaged Northeastern Honshu. The Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB) launches its season on April 12, 15 days later than scheduled, and Nippon leaders…
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You Gotta Have ‘Wa’ – Sports Illustrated original magazine scan
24th September 1979 At the time of publication, this article was the longest in Sports Illustrated history. The images below can be enlarged by clicking on them.
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Lost in Translation (II) – Sports Illustrated original magazine scan
6 June 2005 The image below can be enlarged by clicking it.
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Lost in Translation – Sports Illustrated original magazine scan
22nd March 2004 The images below can be enlarged by clicking them.
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Bowed But Never Bloodied – Sports Illustrated, original magazine scan
17 May 1976 The images below can be enlarged by clicking them.
