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Wiggins, Mississippi : A funny rest area on U.S. Highway 49
In my last column, I wrote about my visit to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. The purpose of my visit was to see the...
4 days ago
Jackson, Mississippi : The Dean Brothers in 1934
The American novelist I consider to be the most knowledgeable about Major League Baseball is Paul Auster, who passed away in 2024 at the...
Aug 8
Don Drysdale in 1968 : The great pitcher who made a miracle happen
The Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960s had two great pitchers, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. The Dodgers won three league championships...
Aug 1
Sweet Caroline : Did the code name predict the future?
In 1998, Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" began to be played at the end of games at Fenway Park, the home stadium of the Boston Red Sox....
Jul 25
Cooperstown, New York : The wonderful eleven days I spent
July 20, 2016. I was so excited to leave Japan and head to the US. The time had finally come to realize my long-held dream. Being old, I...
Jul 18
Perfect Game : Does God smile at whims?
On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, the Houston Astros played against the Texas Rangers at Minute Maid Park (now called Daikin Park) in Houston,...
Jul 11
Reading "The Art of Fielding"
"The Art of Fielding" (2011) by Chad Harbach is a wonderful masterpiece novel. I was engrossed in reading it. “The Art of Fielding” by...
Jul 4
Milwaukee, Wisconsin : The city where a moving story happened
Wisconsin is a state in the Midwestern United States. It is famous for its large German population and for its beer production. The...
Jun 27
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...
Jun 20
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
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
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
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
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