A Ripper Night With All The Bunting And Foul Balls
There was a time in my life when I loved Japanese baseball, but I eventually got turned off and drifted away from the game. This week, though, a great mate persuaded me to go and watch a game at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, and I had the time of my life. It was tremendous fun. Like most Aussies of my generation, I’m sports mad, so it was almost natural for me to take an interest in baseball, Japan’s most popular game, when I got here in the late 1980s. I loved it and went to watch the occasional game. My later work would involve me taking a professional interest…