'Crazy' Wright had a tough time adjusting to Japanese baseball
TOKYO — A reader writes in regard to my recent column describing Clyde ‘Crazy’ Wright urinating into a reporter’s hat and asks, ‘Why did he do that?’ ”
Allow me to explain. Wright had a temper, yes. He was involved in fights on the field which veteran reporters covering the Giants found distasteful because the Yomiuri code of ethics deemed that the Giants players “always be gentlemen.”
So a reporter for the Hochi Shimbun, a top sports daily published by the Yomiuri Shimbun, wrote an article saying that the Giants should get rid of Wright because he was an embarrassment to the team.
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