In his remarkable book from 1990, author Robert Whiting offers an intriguing and often humorous look at the differences and similarities between the national obsession over baseball in Japan and in the United States and a detailed account of the game of 'besoboru'.
To discuss the book we were thrilled to be joined again by John McGee from Bat Flips & Nerds, who was making his second appearance on the show after talking about Bottom of the 33rd in May 2019.
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Here are links to the Bat Flips & Nerds website and podcast, they've been smashing it lately with the calibre of their guests.
Here's a link to the Leron and Leon Lee's No. 12 smash hit 'Baseball Boogie' on YouTube, just in case there's not enough of it in the show itself!
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Episode 11 - Stealing Home
Episode 10 - Baseball In Europe
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Episode 8 - Ball Four
Episode 7 - The MVP Machine
Episode 6 - The Art of Fielding
Episode 5 - The Shift
Episode 4 - The Grind
Episode 3 - Pafko at the Wall
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