Illustrations Acknowledgments A Time Line for Baseball in Asia and the Pacific "Introduction: Let's Play, Too" Chapter 1: Confucian in the Bullpen: Bunt Well and Bow Deeply Chapter 2: Silk Gowns and Gold Gloves: Nineteenth-Century China Chapter 3: Curve Balls and Hand Grenades: Twentieth-Century China Chapter 4: Baseball Gods and the Prince of Peace: Japan's National Game Chapter 5: Always Be Gentlemen: Japan Turns Pro Chapter 6: Faded Glory: The Philippines Chapter 7: Quiet Riots: Korea "Chapter 8: Say It Ain't So, Kuo: Taiwan" Chapter 9: Yakyu Go Home: The Great Japanese Game Notes Bibliography Index
Winner of the 2001 Jerry Malloy Prize
Joseph A. Reaves is a former journalist who covered Asia for the Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest, and UPI. He is the author of Warsaw to Wrigley: A Foreign Correspondent's Tale of Coming Home from Communism to the Cubs.
"American soldiers were baseball's Johnny Appleseeds, but Reaves shows" "> that the Japanese tended the orchard of the game in Korea, the" > Philippines and Taiwan... Reaves makes the case that before World "> War II, baseball for the Japanese was often about competing with the" "> United States. After the war, the game helped bring the two countries" "> together." Washington Post, March 31, 2002." Joseph A. Reaves explores an aspect of the sport that is literally > foreign to most fans. This book expands its scope well beyond the "> dominating influence of Japan to include the reach of baseball in Korea," "> Taiwan, the Philippines, and even China... This study explaining the" > differences between Far Eastern ball and our own game arrives at an > auspicious moment when more Pacific Rim players than ever are impacting "> the way baseball is played in the USA." USA Today Baseball Weekly, March 20-26
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