Tag: yougottahavewa
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You Gotta Have Wa
by Orel Hershiser, James Fallows, and David Halberstam (Apr 15, 1989) “The Japanese certainly have the same kind of enthusiasm for baseball as Americans…they just play the game a little differently, and Bob Whiting captures those differences perfectly.” Orel Hershiser Bob Whiting has done it again! THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE BAT was a comic masterpiece,…
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The Enigma of Japanese Baseball-whacky
by Alan Booth (Sep 22, 1989) – Asahi Evening News When major league batting star Bob Horner arrived in Japan in 1987 to play a season for the Yakult Swallows he said: “This place is great.” Twenty-nine games later he said: “I’ve got to get out of here; I can’t believe this shit.” The story…
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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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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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Japanese Put a Spin on Baseball – New York Times, Books of The Times review
15 July 1989 The image below can be enlarged 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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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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