credited with the “birth” of Japanese baseball, … goes to Hiroshi Hiraoka, a Japanese railway engineer who was a student in America (not to mention a huge Boston Red Sox fan).
LOL doubly so for anyone guessing the inspiration of the comic.
You you really think it would be Red, White, & Blue imported but nah just freaking loved Baseball.
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Baseball was possibly the first team sport introduced to Japan - circa 1870.
Blew my mind it wasn’t a postwar thing.
LOL doubly so for anyone guessing the inspiration of the comic.
You you really think it would be Red, White, & Blue imported but nah just freaking loved Baseball.
The weeaboo / westaboo exchange goes back to the Edo period.