A hilarious, informative, and riveting account of Japanese baseball
and the cultural clashes that ensued when Americans began playing
there professionally.
In Japan, baseball is a way of life. It is a philosophy. It is
"besuboru." Its most important element is "wa"--group
harmony--embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall be
hammered down." In this witty and incisive book, Robert Whiting
gives us a close-up look at "besuboru"'s teams, obsessive
ritualism, and history, as seen through the eyes of American
players who found the Japanese approach--rigorous "pre"game
practices, the tolerance for "tie" games, "injured "pitchers
encouraged to "pitch through the pain"--completely baffling. With
vivid accounts of East meeting West, involving Babe Ruth, Ichiro
Suzuki, Bobby Valentine, Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh, and
many others, this lively and completely unique book is an utter gem
and baseball classic.
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