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DESCRIPTION:Few baseball fans know about the Japanese American Nisei League
 s\, or of their most influential figure\, Kenichi Zenimura (1900-1968). A 
 talented player who excelled at all nine positions\, Zenimura was also a r
 espected manager and would become the Japanese American community's baseba
 ll ambassador. He worked tirelessly to promote the game at home and abroad
 \, leading goodwill trips to Asia\, helping to negotiate tours of Japan by
  Negro League All-Stars and Babe Ruth\, and establishing a 32-team league 
 behind the barbed wire of Arizona's Gila River Internment Camp during Worl
 d War II.\n\nThis first biography of the "Father of Japanese-American Base
 ball" delivers a thorough and fascinating account of Zenimura's life.\n\nF
 ree with Museum admission.&nbsp\;Reservations recommended to rsvp@janm.org
  or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior.\n\n<a href="http://www.janm.org/
 " target="_blank">www.janm.org</a>\n<a href="http://janmstore.com/151315.h
 tml" target="_blank">Purchase&nbsp\;<em>Kenichi Zenimura</em>&nbsp\;from t
 he Museum Store &gt\;&gt\;</a>
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SUMMARY:BOOKS & CONVERSATIONS: "Kenichi Zenimura\, Japanese American Baseba
 ll Pioneer" by Bill Staples\, Jr.
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