Looks at the history, rituals, fans, and teams of Japanese professional baseball, and describes what it reveals about Japanese culture and Japanese-U.S. relations
An important element in Japanese baseball is wa--group harmony--embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall be hammered down". But what if the nail is a visiting American player? Here's a look at Japanese baseball, as seen by baffled Americans
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction/Ground Rules
1
(4)
The Visitation
5
(22)
A History
27
(25)
A Philosophy
52
(26)
You Gotta Have Wa
78
(33)
Oendan
111
(12)
The Sandwich Man
123
(20)
Blazer
143
(18)
Giant Headache
161
(40)
The Gaijin Who Spoke Japanese, Dirty Egawa, and the New-Breed Heroes
