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On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, we're joined by baseball historian and expert on all things Japanese baseball Robert Fits. About Robert Fitts Robert Fitts is a baseball historian and expert ont he history of Japanese baseball. He has written numerous books on Japanese baseball including Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assissination During the 1934 Tour of Japan. Topics Discussed   How Robert Fitts got interested in baseball How Robert Fitts became interested in Japanese baseball Robert Fitts' first trip to Japan and first experience at a Japanese baseball game About Remembering Japanese Baseball, Robert Fitts' first book on Japanese baseball About selling Japanese baseball cards on ebay in 1999 About Wally Yonamine About the book Banzai Babe Ruth About Babe Ruth's 1934 18 game Japan tour and the history behind it About Moe Berg and the possibility that he was conducting espoionage during Babe Ruth's Japan tour About Babe Ruth's popularity in Japan About Babe Ruth's affinity for Japan About the history of Japanese baseball cards About the book An Illustrated Introduction to Japanese Baseball Cards About the baseball card market in Japan About the Japanese pitcher Eiji Sawamura About the upcoming book The Pioneers of Japanese American Baseball And much more! 

On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, we're joined by baseball historian and expert on all things Japanese baseball Robert Fits. About Robert Fitts Robert Fitts is a baseball historian and expert ont he history of Japanese baseball. He has written numerous books on Japanese baseball including Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assissination During the 1934 Tour of Japan. Topics Discussed <ul> <li>How Robert Fitts got interested in baseball</li> <li>How Robert Fitts became interested in Japanese baseball</li> <li>Robert Fitts' first trip to Japan and first experience at a Japanese baseball game</li> <li>About Remembering Japanese Baseball, Robert Fitts' first book on Japanese baseball</li> <li>About selling Japanese baseball cards on ebay in 1999</li> <li>About Wally Yonamine</li> <li>About the book Banzai Babe Ruth</li> <li>About Babe Ruth's 1934 18 game Japan tour and the history behind it</li> <li>About Moe Berg and the possibility that he was conducting espoionage during Babe Ruth's Japan tour</li> <li>About Babe Ruth's popularity in Japan</li> <li>About Babe Ruth's affinity for Japan</li> <li>About the history of Japanese baseball cards</li> <li>About the book An Illustrated Introduction to Japanese Baseball Cards</li> <li>About the baseball card market in Japan</li> <li>About the Japanese pitcher Eiji Sawamura</li> <li>About the upcoming book The Pioneers of Japanese American Baseball</li> <li>And much more!</li> </ul>

92 Banzai Babe Ruth: Discussing Japanese Baseball History w. Robert Fitts

Baseball does not belong to one country or to one people, and hasn't since the game was exported to and adopted by Japan in the late 19th century. With special guest Robert Fitts (@robfitts), author of the new book Issei Baseball, Mike and Bill trace its movement across the Pacific and back again to the first professional team of Japanese players, who took the field for the first time in Kansas 114 years ago this week, and how the game helped to build cohesion within the Japanese and Japanese-American immigrant community in America. Plus, happy birthday to Marquis Grissom and Rich Rollins!

Baseball does not belong to one country or to one people, and hasn't since the game was exported to and adopted by Japan in the late 19th century. With special guest Robert Fitts (@robfitts), author of the new book Issei Baseball, Mike and Bill trace its movement across the Pacific and back again to the first professional team of Japanese players, who took the field for the first time in Kansas 114 years ago this week, and how the game helped to build cohesion within the Japanese and Japanese-American immigrant community in America. Plus, happy birthday to Marquis Grissom and Rich Rollins!

Episode 146 - Baseball Crosses the Pacific (with special guest Robert Fitts)