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Most countries have star athletes who also excel at academics, some of whom become doctors, lawyers, engineers, composers and the like.
In Japan there are none of these multi-faceted people who star in two fields? Why?
The inflexible educational system is the villain reports Kuehnert.
A collection of Kuehnert's best articles from his weekly sports column on Microsoft Network's internet site.
Kuehnert covers the sports gamut in Japan, from the great individual sportsmen to the badly run leagues and associations.
Why are players like Nomo, Irabu, Hasegawa, Yoshii and Kida fleeing Japanese baseball.
Ichiro will leave, too, and he will be very successfull in MLB.
It's because the only thing about the Japanese game which is truly professional is the players. Others connected with the game, from General Managers down to the team mascots are often rank amateurs.
More than 500 foreign players have come to Japan since the Central and Pacific two-league system began in 1950.
The author selects his best all-time players, one at each position -- 9 in the Central League & 10 in the Pacific League which uses the DH. Little known stories of these fine players from their active days & where are they now.
An up-dated version of "JAPANESE BASEBALL CUT IN TWO"
Containing the results of interviews with 30 more foreign players (for a total of 200 interviews). Focuses on the problems and solutions for Japanese Baseball.
Interviews with 170 foreign players who toiled in Japan reveal the problems with Japanese baseball, and the players and author agree on changes that should be implemented.