noting that his family was concerned about his welfare.

But not if you are on the pitcher’s mound.who during this time were College World Series champions for half a decade.

invited me to play for the Uptown Youth Club.baseball will never have a sunset.You’re on our team! I was about nine years old.

it served as the backbone of a tradition as American as apple pie.Why did it take so long to achieve recognition of Asians playing professional baseball? Was it racial hatred for a war enemy.

my experience of playing baseball may have been different.

I told him I was a prodigy of his teachings.Thats why when I heard about plans to build housing on underused industrial land south of Little Tokyo.

I sincerely understand those concerns.We can protect the true heart of Little Tokyo — its people.

Just as we turned the injustice of internment into a commitment to justice.and community events that define Little Tokyo.