Leading the National League in strikeouts, Dodger right hand pitcher Hideo Nomo was selected for the All-Star Game on July 2, 1995. This made Nomo the first player from Japan to receive the honor.
This day in baseball: Nomo is an All Star
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What a photo! Frozen energy the moment before it’s released!
I love that description! Very poetic.
(grins happily)
robert whiting wrote three, maybe four books about baseball and japan. i can only praise the two i read…you gotta have wa and the meaning of ichiro. he weaves so much together; history, marketing, religion and what not and i think whiting is a reporter, so there’s lots of dirt uncovered as well.