Asian Baseball History and Culture is Our Passion
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How to Follow Asian Professional Baseball
So how can English speakers follow Asian baseball? There are now numerous ways to track professional baseball in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan even if you don’t read the native languages. Let’s look at each country in turn.
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The 1979 Major League All-Star Series in Japan
This week Carter Cromwell tells us about the 1979 MLB All-Stars visit to Japan.
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BK, Another Side That Continued After Retirement
What happened to Byung-hyun Kim after retirement? Tae-in Chun tells the fascinating story.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 7, Tsuyoshi Shinjo
This week Thomas Love Seagull features Tsuyoshi Shinjo
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The Big Red Machine’s Last Hurrah: Cincinnati Reds Tour of Japan, 1978
by Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow tells us about the Big red Machine’s 1978 visit to Japan. Pete Rose basked…
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Meet Karl “Tuffy” Rhodes on May 7 at 830 pm EST
SABR’s Asian Baseball Committee is thrilled to host form NPB star Karl “Tuffy” Rhodes for a zoom discussion on May 7 at 8:30 pm EST. Mr. Rhodes will talk about his experiences in NPB and then answer your questions.
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The First Japanese Professional Game, An Update
April 15 marks the first professional game in Japanese baseball history. Thirty years before the formation of a professional league in Japan in 1936, Guy Green’s Japanese Base Ball Team played their first game in Frankfort, Kansas.
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The 1974 New York Mets Goodwill Tour of Japan
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week HENRY TRAN focus on the Mets 1974 trip to Japan.
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The Runner Stranded at Second Base, Su-hyeok Lim
Tae-in Chun relates the tragic story of Su-hyeok Lim of KBO’s Lotte Giants
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