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Time Machine: Lessons in Japanese culture
This story originally ran in the Japanese newspaper Yukan Fuji in 2021. TOKYO — American sports writers are trying to outdo each other these days in…
Apr 23
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Nikkei Asia - Story: Akebono showed the dignity and humility of a sumo grand champion
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Apr 19
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Focus on power making MLB games unattractive to watch
TOKYO — The big league game has changed in many ways over the years, and not always for the better. To cite one example, it is now a sport played…
Apr 17
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Time Machine: Remembering Takeshi Koba
This story originally ran in the Japanese newspaper Yukan Fuji in 2021. TOKYO — I read with sadness of the passing of Takeshi Koba, the former NPB…
Apr 15
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Repost: Notes on being a gaijin
TOKYO — Looking back, when I first arrived in Tokyo, I was pretty condescending and American-centric and I stayed that way longer than I should have. I…
Apr 12
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Time Machine: Nichibei Yakyu tours helped foster goodwill between U.S. and Japan
This story originally ran in the Japanese newspaper Yukan Fuji in 2018. TOKYO — The fall 2018 visit to Japan by Major League All-Stars — the first since…
Apr 9
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Time Machine: NPB games fit to be tied
This story originally ran in the Japanese newspaper Yukan Fuji in 2018. TOKYO — One of the major differences between professional baseball in the United…
Apr 4
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Lack of news on Meiji Jingu redevelopment plan no accident
TOKYO — What’s up with the Meiji Jingu project, you ask? The story seems to have dropped out of the news as the lawsuits, now totaling three, wend their…
Apr 3
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March 2024
‘You Gotta Have Wa’ cited as one of ‘the greatest books on baseball’ ever
The Economist magazine has named Robert Whiting’s 1989 groundbreaking work You Gotta Have Wa as one of “the greatest books on baseball” ever written…
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Opening Day overshadowed by cloud hanging over Ohtani in gambling scandal
TOKYO — It’s opening day for MLB and there is a lot to look forward to. Shohei Ohtani looks bigger and stronger than ever before. He has put on more…
Mar 30
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Bob's Bullets - Ohtani's explanation on Mizuhara's betting scandal lacked clarity
TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani addressed the media today with a brief statement. His new interpreter Will Ireton translated his remarks into English. “Ippei…
Mar 26
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Bob's Bullets - Ohtani's explanation on Mizuhara's betting scandal lacked clarity
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Truth and fiction hard to separate as scandal ensnaring Mizuhara, Ohtani grows
TOKYO — Gambling on sports has been going on for as long as there have been sports, in every country of the world. In Japan, back in 1970, the ‘Black…
Mar 23
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