Taking in a game : a history of baseball in Asia / Joseph A. Reaves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reaves, Joseph A., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Asia--History--19th century.

Baseball--Asia--History--20th century.

Baseball.

History.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Other Title:

History of baseball in Asia

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, [2002]

Summary:

Baseball has long been considered the great American game, but times have changed. The game now reverberates across the globe. Particularly noteworthy is how baseball has taken hold in Asia. While maintaining the essence of the game, a wide range of Asian cultures have embraced baseball and transformed it to make it their own. In Taking in a Game, Joseph A. Reaves examines the development of the sport in Korea, the Philippines, mainland China, and Taiwan, as well as the more widely known story of baseball in Japan. In this entertaining and informed account, Reaves covers everything from baseball in Qing Dynasty China in the nineteenth century to the 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze-medal match between Japan and Korea. Reaves guides the reader through a history of Asian baseball, the cultures that surround it, and the future of what has become a great Asian game.

Contents:

A Time Line for Baseball in Asia and the Pacific xv

Introduction: Let's Play, Too 1

1 Confucian in the Bullpen: Bunt Well and Bow Deeply 10

2 Silk Gowns and Gold Gloves: Nineteenth-Century China 19

3 Curve Balls and Hand Grenades: Twentieth-Century China 37

4 Baseball Gods and the Prince of Peace: Japan's National Game 49

5 Always Be Gentlemen: Japan Turns Pro 74

6 Faded Glory: The Philippines 88

7 Quiet Riots: Korea 113

8 Say It Ain't So, Kuo: Taiwan 138

9 Yakyu Go Home: The Great Japanese Game 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-190) and index.

ISBN:

0803239432

OCLC:

47643741