Sunday, May 16, 2010

How could baseball develop in Imperial Japan in the 1930s?

Baseball is a sport that stresses strongly the individual, not the group. The team only wins if individuals (pitchers are the best example) do well. Yet Japan politically was an empire (with emphasis on the group following the Emperor) and controlled much of Asia in the '30s. How could baseball and Empire mix?

How could baseball develop in Imperial Japan in the 1930s?
Japan's troops needed sumthin to do after a grueling day of rapeing and killing.
Reply:by each player doing what is necessary for the overall good of the team. indiv. stats mean nothing compared to the stats of the team as a whole.
Reply:Influenced by Americans that were there at the time.. Pick up some japanese history that branches out a little...





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Reply:Because baseball is a rockin' sport yo.
Reply:by playing
Reply:Maybe the Emperor played baseball back in his day and decided to allow it because he enjoyed it so much.
Reply:It's a sport for the emperor, much like the gladiators to the Romans

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