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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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You Gotta Have Wa

You Gotta Have Wa

Whiting, Robert

Paperback

Series: Vintage Departures

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Publisher Price: $19.00

ISBN10: 0307455971
ISBN13: 9780307455970
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Mar 24 2009
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.86 Width: 5.18 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
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 pregame 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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