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Cal League Baseball Elects Lenn Sakata to Hall of Fame
The kind of dedication, determination and commitment that propelled Lenn Sakata into the Big League…

John Sammon • Aug. 31, 2018

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athletics Bakersfield Blaze (baseball team) Baltimore Orioles baseball California California League Colorado Rockies (baseball team) farm teams halls of fame Hawaii Lenn Sakata Milwaukee Brewers (baseball team) minor league baseball Modesto A's (baseball team) Modesto Nuts (baseball team) museums Oakland A's (baseball team) San Francisco Giants San Jose Giants sports United States Wisconsin
athletics Bakersfield Blaze (baseball team) Baltimore Orioles baseball California California League Colorado Rockies (baseball team) farm teams halls of fame Hawaii Lenn Sakata Milwaukee Brewers (baseball team) minor league baseball Modesto A's (baseball team) Modesto Nuts (baseball team) museums Oakland A's (baseball team) San Francisco Giants San Jose Giants sports United States Wisconsin
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Longtime Japanese American Baseball Player Coach Nears Milestone
Every time Jeff Enkoji tells his players he’s thinking of quitting as coach of the Florin Bas…

John Sammon • March 19, 2018

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baseball California Florin John Enkoji Sacramento United States
baseball California Florin John Enkoji Sacramento United States
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From Sumo to Baseball, Japanese Americans in Yakima Valley Embraced Sports
WAPATO, Wash. —Growing up in Hawaii, Frank Iseri mastered the physically challenging responsi…

Tammy Ayer • Feb. 23, 2018

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baseball combat judo kendo martial arts sports sumo United States Wapato Washington wrestling Yakima
baseball combat judo kendo martial arts sports sumo United States Wapato Washington wrestling Yakima
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Be a Good Sport About it: Early Nikkei Athletes in Louisiana
Over the past several years, I have been engaged in large-scale research on the remarkable and larg…

Greg Robinson • Sept. 5, 2017

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442nd Regimental Combat Team athletes baseball football Japanese Americans Joe Nagata Louisiana sports United States United States Army
442nd Regimental Combat Team athletes baseball football Japanese Americans Joe Nagata Louisiana sports United States United States Army
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
Japanese Americans in Sports: Proud Challenges and Alliances
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the local Japanese community supported Japan in various ways. Not only di…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 5, 2017

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baseball Brazil communities identity soccer sports
baseball Brazil communities identity soccer sports
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Nisei: Sports Brought “Wa” (Harmony)
The famous Vancouver Asahi baseball teams have been well-documented and the latest, a movie made in…

Chuck Tasaka • Oct. 7, 2016

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baseball bowling British Columbia Canada combat communities curling films generations Greenwood (B.C.) hockey judo Kaslo kendo martial arts Midway (B.C.) Nisei Richmond (B.C.) sports Steveston Vancouver Asahi (baseball team) Vancouver (B.C.) winter sports World War II
baseball bowling British Columbia Canada combat communities curling films generations Greenwood (B.C.) hockey judo Kaslo kendo martial arts Midway (B.C.) Nisei Richmond (B.C.) sports Steveston Vancouver Asahi (baseball team) Vancouver (B.C.) winter sports World War II
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Japanese Community in the Amazon
Part 7: A young American returns to Tome-Asu after 74 years
"Something amazing happened the day before yesterday! An American who came to Tome-Acu during…

Asako Sakamoto • Aug. 1, 2016

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Amazon River Region Americans baseball Brazil Pará Peru Tomé-Açu World War II
Amazon River Region Americans baseball Brazil Pará Peru Tomé-Açu World War II
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Rural and Urban Nisei Baseball – A Comparison - Part 2
Baseball players from the Stockton and Yamato teams around 1930. Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collectio…

Samuel O. Regalado • April 22, 2016

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baseball Frank Fukada generations imprisonment incarceration James Sakamoto Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American Courier (newspaper) Japanese Americans Nisei Pacific Northwest patriotism Seattle sports United States Washington World War II World War II camps
baseball Frank Fukada generations imprisonment incarceration James Sakamoto Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American Courier (newspaper) Japanese Americans Nisei Pacific Northwest patriotism Seattle sports United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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Rural and Urban Nisei Baseball – A Comparison - Part 1
“Sundays became exciting during the summer. Baseball was not only fun, but it was a way of bo…

Samuel O. Regalado • April 21, 2016

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Amache concentration camp baseball California Colorado communities concentration camps generations immigrants immigration imprisonment incarceration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Koko Kaji Merced temporary detention center migration Nisei patriotism sports temporary detention centers United States World War II World War II camps Yamato Colony (Calif.)
Amache concentration camp baseball California Colorado communities concentration camps generations immigrants immigration imprisonment incarceration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Koko Kaji Merced temporary detention center migration Nisei patriotism sports temporary detention centers United States World War II World War II camps Yamato Colony (Calif.)
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Hawaii’s AJAs Play Ball - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Bang for the Buck AJA baseball also enjoyed the support of the business comm…

Karleen C. Chinen • March 3, 2016

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Asahi (baseball team) baseball communities Hawaii Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Les Murakami More Than a Game (book) Oahu sports United States
Asahi (baseball team) baseball communities Hawaii Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Les Murakami More Than a Game (book) Oahu sports United States
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