The Meaning of Ichiro (66 page)

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Nihon Yaky
shi. Showa-hen Sono
1. Tokyo. B
sub
ru Magajin-sha. 1977.

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Nihon Yaky
shi. Showa-hen Sono
2. Tokyo. B
sub
ru Magajin-sha. 1977.

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Yaky
Hyakunen.
Tokyo. Jiji Press. 1976.

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Yomiuri Gurupu, Tokyo Yomiuri Kyojin Gun 50-nen,
Tokyo. Yomiuri Group in 1985.

There is a treasure trove of material on the NPB in Japanese. Unfortunately, there are limited numbers of English sources
for neophytes interested in learning more about Japanese baseball—although they have been growing in recent years. Readers
might try online versions of the
Japan Times, Daily Yomiuri, Mainichi Daily News
and the
Asahi Shimbun,
as well as the highly informative Web sites
japanesebaseball.com
,
japanball.com
, japanesebaseballdaily
and
baseballguru.com
.

In his classic bestseller
You Gotta Have Wa
, Robert Whiting wrote about American baseball players who played in Japan. In this groundbreaking new book, Whiting chronicles
the elite Japanese players who currently excel in the major leagues—and shows how they have profoundly influenced our national
pastime…

The
Samurai Way
of
Baseball

Ichiro…Nomo…Hasegawa…Hideki Matsui…one by one they have come to America and made their mark as incredibly gifted and popular
balplayers. But this new wave of athlete—led by the sensational Ichiro Suzuki, whom many refer to as the best all-aroung player
is just the tip of a fascinating iceberg. Illuminating a deep and very different tradition of baseball, Whiting shows why
more Japanese players will be coming to America…and how they will forerver transform the way our game is played.

Grandly entertaining and deeply revealing. THE SAMURAI WAY OF BASEBALL is a classic book about sports, business, and stardom—in
a world that is changing before our eyes.

“Baseball, Japanese style, is Robert Whiting’s speciatly”

—
S
AN
D
IEGO
U
NION
-T
RIBUNE

“Delightfully written and culturally and sportingly illuminating.”

—
T
ORONTO
G
LOBE AND
M
AIL

As featured in
Sports Illustrated

Originally published as
The Meaning of Ichiro