"Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game" transports us onto diamonds and into dugouts on the other side of the globe, where the vigorous sportsmanship of the game and the impassioned devotion of its fans transcend cultural and geographic borders and prove that baseball is fast becoming an international pastime.
Called "Yakyu," baseball has been played in Japan since the 1890s but has only recently gained a substantial global following. Robert K. Fitts chronicles the nation s distinctive version of the sport as recounted by twenty-five of its players. Fitts s careful...