Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer Contributor(s): Fitts, Robert K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496219511 ISBN-13: 9781496219510 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - History | Asia - Japan |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 258 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Northern California - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Locality - San Francisco, California |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the spring of 1964, the Nankai Hawks of Japan's Pacific League sent nineteen-year-old Masanori Murakami to the Class A Fresno Giants to improve his skills. To nearly everyone's surprise, Murakami, known as Mashi, dominated the American hitters. With the San Francisco Giants caught in a close pennant race and desperate for a left-handed reliever, Masanori was called up to join the big league club, becoming the first Japanese player in the Major Leagues. Robert K. Fitts is the author of Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan (Nebraska, 2012), winner of the Society of American Baseball Research's 2013 Seymour Medal for the best baseball book, and Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Baseball (Nebraska, 2008). |