Remembering Japanese Baseball
Remembering Japanese Baseball (2005) is a collection of oral histories on Nippon Pro Baseball from the 1950s to the present. It is one of the finest books in English on Japanese baseball, and the first oral history of Japanese baseball. Author Rob Fitts conducted all the interviews (some via interpreter) and seamlessly edited the stories so as to flow clearly. The biggest flaw was an absence of interviews with recent Japanese players, as gaijin are relied upon for the modern histories. 25 players/managers are interviewed, with a good balance of players based on era.
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- Cappy Harada
- Hirofumi Naito
- Wally Yonamine
- Futoshi Nakanishi
- Takashi Iwamoto
- Dick Kashiwaeda
- Satoshi Hirayama
- Glenn Mickens
- Gene Bacque
- Masanori Murakami
- Daryl Spencer
- Gordie Windhorn
- Don Blasingame
- Gene Martin
- Clyde Wright
- Leron Lee
- Masaaki Mori
- Boomer Wells
- Brad Lesley
- Rick Lancellotti
- Ralph Bryant
- Orestes Destrade
- Jack Howell
- Alonzo Powell
- Eric Hillman
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