Robert K Fitts: 1 book
Mashi
The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In the spring of 1964, the Nankai Hawks of Japan’s Pacific League sent nineteen-year-old Masanori Murakami to the Class A Fresno Giants to improve his skills. To nearly everyone’s surprise, Murakami, known as Mashi, dominated the American hitters. With the San Francisco Giants caught in a close...
