This video looks at the spread of baseball to Japan and Cuba.
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@big8dog8872 жыл бұрын
You should do a deeper dive into that tour of Japan that Babe Ruth went on. He went with a major league all-star team with guys like Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx among others, but the interesting player was their catcher, a relative unknown by the name of Moe Berg. Berg was planted there by the US government to get pictures and information on Japan's infrastructure which turned out to be very valuable during World War II.
@thebaseballprofessor2 жыл бұрын
Great idea. The 1934 tour intersects with so many things.
@SilverBull302 жыл бұрын
@@thebaseballprofessor u really should, that's something I may learn some stuff..I'm jus as crazy as u are about baseball particularly prewar ball.
@Dabgram34 Жыл бұрын
Wow
@jackstrawful2 жыл бұрын
Huh, I’d always assumed Japanese baseball started with the occupation after the war, but it totally makes sense that it goes back to the start of industrialization which also brought a large American influence.
@thebigchip17112 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing. I found this very interesting
@gregb64692 жыл бұрын
I have been to Cuba, and can testify to the popularity of béisbol. Even the smallest of towns has a diamond.
@HannahRoot55 Жыл бұрын
Greg
@jcorona9842 жыл бұрын
After the dissolution of professional baseball in Cuba in 1961, it was replaced by the amateur Serie Nacional de Béisbol, which completed its 61st season this summer. It culminated with crowning the Alazanes de Granma as National champions over the Cocodrilos of Matanzas 4 games to 3.
@riverview93202 жыл бұрын
In "Glory of Their TImes" (must read imo) - Lefty O'Doul describes how he was on an All Star team visit to Japan in 1931 (maybe same one as Ruth?). He liked it there, and in the '30's coached there at college level. He got involved with development of pro ball there & he is the one that named the Tokyo Giants. (he was with NY Giants at the time.)
@thebaseballprofessor2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the book recommendation. I have not read Glory of Their Times.
@riverview93202 жыл бұрын
@@thebaseballprofessor Yeah - It's the "Enlarged Edition" that added on a few more guys like O'Doul & Greenberg. 😊
@HannahRoot55 Жыл бұрын
@@riverview9320hi
@TheBatugan7710 ай бұрын
@@thebaseballprofessor Outstanding book. And the audiotape interviews are outstanding. Sam Crawford was an amazing guy.
@jonnyt167 ай бұрын
There is an awesome and well-known sports bar in San Francisco called Lefty O'Doul's that's been there since the 1950's. Its a huge SF Giants bar with tons of photos of old baseball greats and memorabilia. I was lucky enough to have gone there more than once. Lefty O'Doul was born in San Francisco and I believe he died there as well. The bar was such a cool place to go especially if you are a baseball fan. Sadly, it closed down forever about 5 years ago I think. Heartbreaking!
@larryashmore4892 жыл бұрын
Keep’em com’in young fella!
@HannahRoot55 Жыл бұрын
Larry
@SeanLKearns2 жыл бұрын
Baseball was started in Japan by Chandler C. Bing.
@anthonypang79276 ай бұрын
What really created a frenzy for baseball in japan was when ichiko or first high school challenged the yokohama athletic club which is a foreigners club 29-4 in 1896 and it absolutely snowballed from there
@thebaseballprofessor6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment. I'll look into this game.
@dolantrimp16912 жыл бұрын
You can see the start of baseball in in Japan in Samurai Champloo.
@texan-american2009 ай бұрын
That was a hilarious episode. 😄😁
@BrickDaniels-qu7bz7 ай бұрын
@@texan-american200 It was Boondocks-esque.
@TheJustonemore2 жыл бұрын
What about Canada baseball,it needs a video
@BrickDaniels-qu7bz7 ай бұрын
Hey, that's a pretty nice video you have there.
@thebaseballprofessor7 ай бұрын
Glad you like it
@joebombero12 жыл бұрын
The Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame is just down the street from the Modelo Brewery. If you take the brewery tour you get to drink a cold, fresh liter of beer at the end of the tour.
@thebaseballprofessor2 жыл бұрын
I know what I'm doing if I go to Monterrey! Beer and baseball go together like carne asada and corn tortillas.
@Matatabi6 Жыл бұрын
What about when Mugen and Jin beat the American soldiers at baseball years before the commodore perry expedition
@HannahRoot55 Жыл бұрын
Hopper
@michaelterry43942 жыл бұрын
Baseball is like life you must learn to adjust to the cards you were dealt with . Size is not as important as other sports..
@TheBatugan772 жыл бұрын
I'm not tall. But... I am told my bat is mighty prodigious. 😮😦😧😳
@zhinshampoo10 ай бұрын
Gracias por la informacion de baseball ⚾⚾⚾
@thebaseballprofessor10 ай бұрын
Me alegra que te gustó
@TheBatugan7710 ай бұрын
The Babe always said he smashed a few Japanese artifacts after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
@thebaseballprofessor10 ай бұрын
As the living embodiment of the USA, one would expect the Babe to smash a few Japanese artifacts.
@naturalthing12 жыл бұрын
Yakyu, nor Yakoo
@harrypimentel22472 жыл бұрын
Isn’t that Ray Dandridge at 6:44?
@TheBatugan772 жыл бұрын
It sho ain't Dorothy! 🤓
@harrypimentel22472 жыл бұрын
@@TheBatugan77 : You must be a Friend of Dorothy. How was Saturday’s Parade.
@mike26138 Жыл бұрын
Why doesn’t MLB play against Japanese professional or Cuban teams?
@thebaseballprofessor Жыл бұрын
Exhibition games (not during the regular season) occur periodically. For instance, the Baltimore Orioles went to Havana for a pair of games with Cuba's national team in 1999. The Brooklyn Dodgers played 20 exhibition games in Japan in 1956.
@notvalidcharacters Жыл бұрын
Why are so many imaged in this series doubled into twins? Am I supposed to be wearing 3D glasses?
@thebaseballprofessor Жыл бұрын
I don't know. I like filling the screen.
@jonathancrump6483 Жыл бұрын
I stopped watching this sport years ago. They don't let me watch my local team without spending money on my TV. While I get to watch every single NFL game of my local team on my TV for free.
@Shinobi332 жыл бұрын
Being Cuban-American this is very important and poignant for me. I also have always been curious how baseball made its way to Nicaragua. The only baseball crazy country in that region. Oh and fuck Socialism