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Paperback signed by the author $18.00 (plus $3 shipping and handling) Order by email at RememberingJapaneseBaseball@mindspring.com Order by telephone at 212-828-6678 Order Directly on-line with a credit card HERE Designed for baseball lovers, people interested in Japanese culture, and those who just enjoy good stories, Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game lets 25 former players tell their fascinating tales of baseball in Japan. This remarkable book traces the game from the end of World War II, through the glorious V-9 era of Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima, right up to the modern day of Ichiro and Hideki Matsui. "This is such a fun and interesting read that the 221 pages seem to go by in no time at all. If Fitts had doubled that, it still would have been too short, such are the quality of stories and anecdotes contained in it. For my money, this is one of the baseball books of the year already ." - Gary Garland, JapaneseBaseballDaily.com "It's an excellent addition to the library of anyone who wants to learn about Japanese baseball, right along side of You Gotta Have Wa, The Meaning of Ichiro, A Zen Way of Baseball, and Slugging It Out in Japan." - Jim Albright, Baseball Guru.com "An informative and enjoyable book which adds new perspective to our understanding of Japan Pro Baseball." _ Gary Engel, Prestige Collectibles “The fact that such different cultures could share a similar love for a simple ballgame first sparked attention when American players began having second careers in Japan. Now that stars from Japan are joining stateside teams, the pertinence of what Fitts has done is clear. Through these narratives Fitts grants us unrivaled firsthand knowledge of Japanese baseball from old- and new-timers alike.”—Jerry Klinkowitz, author of Owning a Piece of the Minors and Basepaths
Robert K. Fitts has written on Japanese baseball for Tuff Stuff Magazine, Vintage and Classic Baseball Collector, and MLB.com; he has been featured on ESPN.com, Asahi.com, in Beckett’s Baseball Card Monthly, Sports Collector Digest, Shukan Baseball (Japan), Kansai Time Out (Japan), and in several television documentaries. Fitts is also the founder of Robs Japanese Cards .com, LLC, the world's largest on-line site dedicated to Japanese baseball cards.
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