An edition of You gotta have wa (1989)

You gotta have wa

1st Vintage departures ed.
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An edition of You gotta have wa (1989)

You gotta have wa

1st Vintage departures ed.
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A hilarious, informative, and riveting account of Japanese baseball and the cultural clashes that ensued when Americans began playing there professionally.

In Japan, baseball is a way of life. It is a philosophy. It is besuboru. Its most important element is wa—group harmony—embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall be hammered down." In this witty and incisive book, Robert Whiting gives us a close-up look at besuboru's teams, obsessive ritualism, and history, as seen through the eyes of American players who found the Japanese approach—rigorous pregame practices, the tolerance for tie games, injured pitchers encouraged to “pitch through the pain”—completely baffling. With vivid accounts of East meeting West, involving Babe Ruth, Ichiro Suzuki, Bobby Valentine, Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh, and many others, this lively and completely unique book is an utter gem and baseball classic.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
339

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You gotta have wa
2009, Vintage Departures
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You gotta have wa
1990, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage departures ed.
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You gotta have Wa
1989, Macmillan, Collier Macmillan
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339).

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New York
Series
Vintage departures

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.357/0952
Library of Congress
GV863.77.A1 W47 1990

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 339 p., [12] p. of plates :
Number of pages
339

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1888707M
ISBN 10
067972947X
LCCN
90050150
Library Thing
110587
Goodreads
194446

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