Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer

by Robert K. Fitts

Book Overview

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 pennant race and desperate for a left-handed reliever, Masanori was called up to join the big league club, becoming the first Japanese player in the Major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803255217
• ISBN13: 9780803255210
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"