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野球與棒球：跨海的白球與台日百年記憶

白球は海を渡る――台湾の中の日本野球

by 野島剛 ...

Translated by 鄭天恩 ...

Series series 歷史大講堂
「從野球到棒球，串起台日的百年情誼，展現台灣立足世界的決心和氣魄！」──總統賴清德　力薦野球 × 棒球擊破國界，揮出台日交流紅不讓自日治時期「野球」落地生根，歷經戰後的低潮與轉折，棒球在台灣社會中不斷被重新理解、重新擁抱，最終成為跨世代共享的情感與記憶。二○二四年第三屆世界棒球十二強賽，台灣擊敗日本、奪下冠軍的戲劇性時刻，為百年來的台日棒球交流史寫下最新篇章，也象徵著台日關係在民間層次的成熟與靠近。關於台日棒球，我們或許聽過無數片段——嘉義農林（KANO）打進甲子園的傳奇、世界全壘打王的王貞治、郭泰源、呂明賜等旅日球星的高峰與挫折……但這些故事少有人將之放回同一條歷史脈絡中，去理解彼此之間其實緊密相連、層層交疊。作者野島剛花費十年時間，走訪台灣與日本，採訪近百位曾在「異鄉」打拚的球員、教練與棒球相關人士，從他們的親身經驗出發... ... Read more

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「從野球到棒球，串起台日的百年情誼，展現台灣立足世界的決心和氣魄！」──總統賴清德　力薦野球 × 棒球擊破國界，揮出台日交流紅不讓自日治時期「野球」落地生根，歷經戰後的低潮與轉折，棒球在台灣社會中不斷被重新理解、重新擁抱，最終成為跨世代共享的情感與記憶。二○二四年第三屆世界棒球十二強賽，台灣擊敗日本、奪下冠軍的戲劇性時刻，為百年來的台日棒球交流史寫下最新篇章，也象徵著台日關係在民間層次的成熟與靠近。關於台日棒球，我們或許聽過無數片段——嘉義農林（KANO）打進甲子園的傳奇、世界全壘打王的王貞治、郭泰源、呂明賜等旅日球星的高峰與挫折……但這些故事少有人將之放回同一條歷史脈絡中，去理解彼此之間其實緊密相連、層層交疊。作者野島剛花費十年時間，走訪台灣與日本，採訪近百位曾在「異鄉」打拚的球員、教練與棒球相關人士，從他們的親身經驗出發...
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Gentleman Jake

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by Harry J Deitz ...

The life story of Jake Daubert, who left the coal mines of Pennsylvania to become a two-time major league batting champion.Jake Daubert could have followed the path of two of his brothers and died as a young coal miner. Instead he died as an active baseball player. Baseball provided an escape from the dangerous coal mines of Pennsylvania, but it couldn't save him from an undiagnosed genetic ... Read more

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Bush League, Big City

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by Michael Sokolow ...

Series series Excelsior Editions
The saga of New York's push to build two minor-league baseball stadiums, colored by dollars, politics, and dreams.Bush League, Big City tells the interwoven stories of two low-level minor league baseball teams brought to New York City in the late 1990s. It also illuminates the history of the New York-Penn League, America’s oldest and longest-running minor league, from its inception in 1939 until ... Read more

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Invisible Men

Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues

by Donn Rogosin ...

On Feb. 13, 1920, a group of independent black baseball team owners held a meeting at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. While they couldn’t have known at the time that they were about to change the course of American history, it was out of that meeting that the Negro National League was born.The league flourished throughout the 1920s and beyond, becoming the first successful, organized professional ... Read more

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Cobra

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by Dave Parker, Dave Jordan ...

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Jimmy Armfield

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Baseball in San Diego

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by Bill Swank, San Diego Historical Society ...

Series series Images of Baseball
Baseball in San Diego: From the Plaza to the Padres, takes the reader on a seven-decade journey from Horton Plaza, the site of San Diego's first base ball game in 1871, to lower Broadway and the future home of Lane Field. Before the Pacific Coast League, San Diego had three Class D teams. One was the Bears, whose frustrated owner Dick Cooley complained, �I don't believe they'll make baseball pay ... Read more

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Baseball in San Diego: From the Plaza to the Padres, takes the reader on a seven-decade journey from Horton Plaza, the site of San Diego's first base ball game in 1871, to lower Broadway and the future home of Lane Field. Before the Pacific Coast League, San Diego had three Class D teams. One was the Bears, whose frustrated owner Dick Cooley complained, �I don't believe they'll make baseball pay
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Mexican American Baseball in Orange County

by Richard A. Santillan, Luis F. Fernandez, Angelina F. Veyna, Susan C. Luévano ...

Series series Images of Baseball
Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Orange County celebrates the once-vibrant culture of baseball and softball teams from Placentia, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Westminster, San Juan Capistrano, and nearby towns. Baseball allowed men and women to showcase their athletic and leadership skills, engaged family members, and enabled community members to develop social and political networks. ... Read more

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Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Orange County celebrates the once-vibrant culture of baseball and softball teams from Placentia, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Westminster, San Juan Capistrano, and nearby towns. Baseball allowed men and women to showcase their athletic and leadership skills, engaged family members, and enabled community members to develop social and political networks.
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Baseball in Wichita

by Bob Rives ...

Series series Images of Baseball
The art of baseball is evident at Wichita State University's Eck Stadium. The bronze sculpture, "Put Me in Coach," overlooks the stadium entry. Behind it a 70-foot mural, the longest of its kind at any university ballpark, depicts WSU's storied baseball history. The art of baseball has also been evident on Wichita's playing fields for well over a century. During and after the Civil War, baseball ... Read more

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The art of baseball is evident at Wichita State University's Eck Stadium. The bronze sculpture, "Put Me in Coach," overlooks the stadium entry. Behind it a 70-foot mural, the longest of its kind at any university ballpark, depicts WSU's storied baseball history. The art of baseball has also been evident on Wichita's playing fields for well over a century. During and after the Civil War, baseball
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New Mexico's Pueblo Baseball League

by James D. Baker, Herbert Howell, Marie A. Cordero ...

Series series Images of Baseball
Baseball began in the New Mexico pueblos before 1900. The game was learned by watching soldiers and settlers and by playing in the Indian schools throughout the country. The first competition was with Albuquerque teams, mining teams, other pueblo teams, and the state penitentiary. Today, the game has evolved into a family and tribal tradition. The games are played on barren fields with ... Read more

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Baseball began in the New Mexico pueblos before 1900. The game was learned by watching soldiers and settlers and by playing in the Indian schools throughout the country. The first competition was with Albuquerque teams, mining teams, other pueblo teams, and the state penitentiary. Today, the game has evolved into a family and tribal tradition. The games are played on barren fields with
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1962

Baseball and America in the Time of JFK

by David Krell ...

In the watershed year of 1962, events and people came together to reshape baseball like never before. The season saw five no-hitters, a rare National League playoff between the Giants and the Dodgers, and a thrilling seven-game World Series where the Yankees, led by Mickey Mantle, won their twentieth title, beating the San Francisco Giants, led by Willie Mays, in their first appearance since ... Read more

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In the watershed year of 1962, events and people came together to reshape baseball like never before. The season saw five no-hitters, a rare National League playoff between the Giants and the Dodgers, and a thrilling seven-game World Series where the Yankees, led by Mickey Mantle, won their twentieth title, beating the San Francisco Giants, led by Willie Mays, in their first appearance since
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The Pittsburgh Pirates' 1960 Season

by David Finoli ...

Series series Images of Baseball
In the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates, no team has been more memorable than that of 1960. In the decade before, the team produced only two winning records: a second-place finish in 1958 and in 1959. In 1960, they put it all together to win the pennant. Their reward was a trip to the World Series against the favored New York Yankees. In the Yankees" three winning games, they outscored Pittsburgh ... Read more

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In the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates, no team has been more memorable than that of 1960. In the decade before, the team produced only two winning records: a second-place finish in 1958 and in 1959. In 1960, they put it all together to win the pennant. Their reward was a trip to the World Series against the favored New York Yankees. In the Yankees" three winning games, they outscored Pittsburgh
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Baseball in Toledo

by John R. Husman ...

Series series Images of Baseball
Professional baseball teams in Toledo, Ohio, were first known as the Mud Hens-for the local marsh birds-more than a century ago. About a dozen other team names have been used over the course of 106 seasons dating back to the first in 1883. The city has been represented in minor leagues of various levels, the Negro leagues, and the major leagues as well. For most of the last 100 years, Toledo teams ... Read more

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Professional baseball teams in Toledo, Ohio, were first known as the Mud Hens-for the local marsh birds-more than a century ago. About a dozen other team names have been used over the course of 106 seasons dating back to the first in 1883. The city has been represented in minor leagues of various levels, the Negro leagues, and the major leagues as well. For most of the last 100 years, Toledo teams
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Baseball in Altoona

From the Mountain City to the Curve

by Dave Finoli ...

Series series Images of Baseball
For 46 days in the spring of 1884, Altoona had the honor of having a major-league baseball team, the Mountain City. For the next 115 years, despite the fact that baseball flourished here in the form of the game that the men of the Pennsylvania Railroad played, professional baseball floundered as six teams came and six teams left. Finally, in 1999, Altoona proved it could support a professional ... Read more

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For 46 days in the spring of 1884, Altoona had the honor of having a major-league baseball team, the Mountain City. For the next 115 years, despite the fact that baseball flourished here in the form of the game that the men of the Pennsylvania Railroad played, professional baseball floundered as six teams came and six teams left. Finally, in 1999, Altoona proved it could support a professional
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Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell

Stories from the Orioles' Smokey Slugger

by Rob Kasper, Boog Powell ...

Series series American Palate
Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog's Baltimore row house were once a post-game tradition for the team. After hanging up his spikes, the former MVP ... Read more

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Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog's Baltimore row house were once a post-game tradition for the team. After hanging up his spikes, the former MVP
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Mr. Met

How a Sports-Mad Kid from Jersey Became Like Family to Generations of Big Leaguers

by Jay Horwitz ...

Anyone who knows Jay Horwitz knows he loves stories and has a wealth of them to share. As the beloved, longtime PR director for the New York Mets, he has witnessed and quietly shaped some of the most memorable moments in team history, becoming a trusted friend and mentor to generations of players, from Darryl Strawberry to Jacob deGrom. In this fascinating memoir, Horwitz tells the unlikely story ... Read more

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Anyone who knows Jay Horwitz knows he loves stories and has a wealth of them to share. As the beloved, longtime PR director for the New York Mets, he has witnessed and quietly shaped some of the most memorable moments in team history, becoming a trusted friend and mentor to generations of players, from Darryl Strawberry to Jacob deGrom. In this fascinating memoir, Horwitz tells the unlikely story
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Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles

by Francisco E. Balderrama, Richard A. Santillan ...

Series series Images of Baseball
Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles celebrates the flourishing culture of the great pastime in East Los Angeles and other communities where a strong sense of Mexican identity and pride was fostered in a sporting atmosphere of both fierce athleticism and social celebration. From 1900, with the establishment of the Mexican immigrant community, to the rise of Fernandomania in ... Read more

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Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles celebrates the flourishing culture of the great pastime in East Los Angeles and other communities where a strong sense of Mexican identity and pride was fostered in a sporting atmosphere of both fierce athleticism and social celebration. From 1900, with the establishment of the Mexican immigrant community, to the rise of Fernandomania in
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Baseball in Birmingham

by Clarence Watkins ...

Series series Images of Baseball
The Birmingham Barons were a charter member of the old Southern League in 1885. Built in 1910, Rickwood Field, longtime home of the Barons, is recognized as the oldest surviving, professional baseball park in the nation. The Barons now play at the newly remodeled Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama. In spite of the popularity of football in Alabama, Birmingham continues to be a leader in minor league ... Read more

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The Birmingham Barons were a charter member of the old Southern League in 1885. Built in 1910, Rickwood Field, longtime home of the Barons, is recognized as the oldest surviving, professional baseball park in the nation. The Barons now play at the newly remodeled Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama. In spite of the popularity of football in Alabama, Birmingham continues to be a leader in minor league
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The Pawtucket Red Sox

by David Borges ...

Series series Images of Baseball
Before players like Carlton Fisk, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn, and Nomar Garciaparra starred at Fenway Park, they were Pawtucket Red Sox. Over the past thirty years, the PawSox have evolved into one of the most successful franchises in all of minor-league baseball. Millions of fans have packed McCoy Stadium to watch everyone from superstars like Fisk, Boggs, and Clemens to career minor ... Read more

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Before players like Carlton Fisk, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn, and Nomar Garciaparra starred at Fenway Park, they were Pawtucket Red Sox. Over the past thirty years, the PawSox have evolved into one of the most successful franchises in all of minor-league baseball. Millions of fans have packed McCoy Stadium to watch everyone from superstars like Fisk, Boggs, and Clemens to career minor
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Detroit Tigers Gone Wild

Mischief, Crimes and Hard Time

by George Hunter ...

Series series Sports
The Detroit Tigers came out of the womb scratching and snarling. Early owner James D. Burns orchestrated the only known arrest of a journalist while covering a game. It's the only Major League franchise to sign a star player out of prison, which happened twice. Ex-Tigers have done time for crimes ranging from armed robbery to racketeering-and worse. One tried to burn and dismember a group of men ... Read more

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The Hollywood Stars

by Richard Beverage ...

Series series Images of Baseball
The Hollywood Stars were created in 1926, when the Salt Lake City franchise of the Pacific Coast League was transferred to the greater Los Angeles area. To avoid confusion with the resident Los Angeles Angels, the new ballclub was called Hollywood. It was a wise choice of names. The movie capital had a glamour that was soon attached to the Stars and created an interest wherever they played. But ... Read more

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The Hollywood Stars were created in 1926, when the Salt Lake City franchise of the Pacific Coast League was transferred to the greater Los Angeles area. To avoid confusion with the resident Los Angeles Angels, the new ballclub was called Hollywood. It was a wise choice of names. The movie capital had a glamour that was soon attached to the Stars and created an interest wherever they played. But
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Kings and Pawns

野球與棒球：跨海的白球與台日百年記憶

Gentleman Jake

Bush League, Big City

Invisible Men

Cobra

Jimmy Armfield

The Pro Baseball Blueprint

Baseball in San Diego

Mexican American Baseball in Orange County

Baseball in Wichita

New Mexico's Pueblo Baseball League

1962

The Pittsburgh Pirates' 1960 Season

Baseball in Toledo

Baseball in Altoona

Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell

Mr. Met

Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles

Baseball in Birmingham

The Pawtucket Red Sox

Detroit Tigers Gone Wild

The Hollywood Stars