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5 days ago
Clearbrook, Minnesota : The man who appeared on the cover of a famous magazine
May 2016. I was driving around the US and I wanted to visit Clearbrook, Minnesota. It's the hometown of Wes Westrum. Westrum was a...


Feb 26
Greenville, Texas : A pitcher who lost his right leg in his prime
In the summer of 2007, I visited Greenville, Texas. This is the small city where a pitcher named Monty Stratton lived after his...


Feb 27
“Field of Dreams” : Its wonderful adaptation and direction
In the American film “Field of Dreams” (1989), Shoeless Joe Jackson, who died in 1951, appears as “ a ghost” in the present world. The...


Feb 28
The essence of Ichiro's batting
Many people have spoken a lot about Ichiro's batting. But there are some things that are not spoken. Batting average is a division. It...
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Makio Mukai, MD, PhD
I'm MLB enthusiast.
From 2007 to 2019, I wrote weekly column about MLB for the Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun.
I have published three books about MLB in Japanese.


5 days ago
Clearbrook, Minnesota : The man who appeared on the cover of a famous magazine
May 2016. I was driving around the US and I wanted to visit Clearbrook, Minnesota. It's the hometown of Wes Westrum. Westrum was a...


Feb 28
The essence of Ichiro's batting
Many people have spoken a lot about Ichiro's batting. But there are some things that are not spoken. Batting average is a division. It...


Feb 27
“Field of Dreams” : Its wonderful adaptation and direction
In the American film “Field of Dreams” (1989), Shoeless Joe Jackson, who died in 1951, appears as “ a ghost” in the present world. The...


Feb 26
Greenville, Texas : A pitcher who lost his right leg in his prime
In the summer of 2007, I visited Greenville, Texas. This is the small city where a pitcher named Monty Stratton lived after his...
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