You Gotta Have Wa

You Gotta Have Wa

1989 • 368 pages

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This was fascinating, even though I kept having to ask for people to explain baseball basics to me. The cultural differences between how Americans and Japanese players approach the sport was really interesting. The main issue I had with the book was how dated it feels reading it in 2019. A friend mentioned that only a couple of years after this was written, Japan suffered a huge economic crash, ushering in the Lost Generation. I would love an update on how modern Japanese baseball has changed in the intervening years.

March 21, 2019Report this review