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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: Why Japan Loves Baseball
Description: How come baseball, that most American of games, is even more popular in Japan than in its home country?
It’s a story with roots into the nineteenth century, as Arion, Olly and Rebecca discover while they investigate the events of September 1st, 1964, when the San Francisco Giants introduced their newest player, Masanori Murakami, during a game against the New York Mets: the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball.
His remarkable composure earned him a standing ovation at Shea Stadium. What made this even more impressive was the fact that Murakami had only signed his...