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Kalamazoo, Michigan : The only man who has tied the great record of Hank Aaron
On April 25, 2016, I flew from Japan to the US, arrived in Houston, Texas, and started my road trip in a rental car. Then, on May 3, I...
Jun 6
Fargo, North Dakota : The man who first broke Babe Ruth's record
Fargo is located in the southeastern part of North Dakota, bordering Canada, in the northern part of the US mainland. It is the largest...
May 2
New York City, New York : The Pride of the Yankees
On the evening of August 16, 2017, I arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport after a 13-hour nonstop flight from Japan and headed...
Apr 25
Fargo, North Dakota : The first man to overcome a high wall
In August 2009. I was in the US from Japan on summer vacation and headed to Fargo, North Dakota in a rental car to visit a facility...
Apr 4
Kevin Costner and the Civil War
Kevin Costner is my favorite movie actor. When he was young, he was so cool that even a man like me was fascinated by him. Since middle...
3 days ago
Ted Williams : Do gods really not answer letters ?
Wednesday, September 28, 1960, at Fenway Park. If you get what I'm talking about from this, you must be a big MLB fan. That day, a...
May 30
Ted Williams : In Florida in 1998
My wife, Chiaki Mukai, is an astronaut and has flown twice on the space shuttle. Her second space flight was the nine-day STS-95 mission...
May 23
Hideo Nomo's best pitch
One night, I was lying in bed in my bedroom at home, watching the DVD of the very funny American comedy movie "Liar Liar" (1997). Then, I...
May 9
Unusual things in the title race
After the 2008 season ended, I was sorting through various records and noticed something unusual. It was something unusual with regard to...
Jun 13
The "mystery" of .400 hitters
Since 1901, when the modern era of Major League Baseball began, eight players have achieved a batting average of .400 a total of 13...
May 16
56-game hitting streak : Why DiMaggio?
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio set a record of 56-game hitting streak. It is incredible that he had 56 consecutive games with at least one hit in...
Apr 18
Strikeouts and Hits
I would like to start with the words that Ty Cobb seems to have said. Unfortunately, I have forgotten when and where I read them, so I...
Apr 11
Author
Makio Mukai, MD, PhD
I'm MLB enthusiast.
From 2007 to 2019, I wrote weekly column about MLB for the Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun.
I have published three books about MLB in Japanese.
Kevin Costner and the Civil War
Kevin Costner is my favorite movie actor. When he was young, he was so cool that even a man like me was fascinated by him. Since middle...
3 days ago
Unusual things in the title race
After the 2008 season ended, I was sorting through various records and noticed something unusual. It was something unusual with regard to...
Jun 13
Kalamazoo, Michigan : The only man who has tied the great record of Hank Aaron
On April 25, 2016, I flew from Japan to the US, arrived in Houston, Texas, and started my road trip in a rental car. Then, on May 3, I...
Jun 6
Ted Williams : Do gods really not answer letters ?
Wednesday, September 28, 1960, at Fenway Park. If you get what I'm talking about from this, you must be a big MLB fan. That day, a...
May 30
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