"sailed to Vancouver in Canada." "you can spend the rest of your life in comfort back in Japan." "they left their homes behind." "Keep moving." "They worked very hard." "They would do manual labor for more than 10 hours every day for half the pay their Canadian counterparts got." "Their willingness to work whatever the circumstances made Canadians see them as opponents here to steal their jobs." "the Japanese would still work. they created a baseball team. but it eventually got into the Canadian Baseball League." "0)}The Vancouver Asahi" "Good morning." "Reggie." "Can you make it?" "Yeah." "Get running!" "Sorry." "Here we are." "Let's put it down!" "We're sending them up!" "Another!" "Another!" "Joe!" "Quickly!" "how long are you going to slack off?" "We're getting behind." "eh?" "Cheap Jap bastards." "And... up!" "We're not done with deliveries yet." "Sorry." "After I get back." "baseball that..." "Dad." "All done?" "May I leave?" "You're pretty lucky to have time to spend playing." "ma'am." "Time to go?" "Yeah." "Reggie!" "Got it!" "raise your voice more!" "okay!" "Send one here!" "Kaye!" "Good one!" "Here comes another." "You're late!" "Work wouldn't let me go!" "You're late!" "I am late indeed!" "Frank's up!" "Frank!" "To third base!" "shortstop!" "Reggie!" "Again!" "Kaye." "take care of it." "Here." "Frank!" "That scared me!" "Frank!" "Reggie." "Good catch." "it's all wet." "Tom." "Yeah." "Later." "is it?" "aren't you?" "either." "I'm home." " Welcome back." " Welcome back." "[Kasahara residence]" "1924 ("sutoton" doesn't have a meaning)] you should have said so from the start without all the sutoton!" "But I have no idea what's going to happen." "And you call yourself Japanese?" "Japan will come out on top!" "we can't lose!" "We can't be getting cold feet!" "We work and work and work right here!" "there is less and less work here for us!" "Pipe down." "How many times do you need to say that?" "Can I have a minute?" "What is it?" "Your Dad is a little..." "Has Seiji-san been out for quite a long time?" "Yeah." "Hey." "okay?" "He drank himself silly." "He said he was celebrating." "Did something happen?" "you know... the China Incident." "[the Second Sino-Japanese War]" "The Japanese army has been winning battle after battle." "For that...?" "It seems to be threatening to turn into a huge conflict." "Hey." "Seiji-san." "Seiji-san." "Seiji-san's getting pretty old..." "He can't work the railways anymore." "It's pretty rough." "right?" "Hey." "Seiji-san." "wake up!" "Come on!" "Sorry for his troubling you." "Hey." "He's sending it off again?" "He sends off so much he has nothing saved." "He's got nothing on his mind except Japan." "His family over there is more important to him than you or us." "He's desperate for them to think he's succeeding here." "Have to wonder what's going to happen in the future." "With him like this now... will he just get worse?" "Where are you going?" "Out for a bit." "He plays baseball when he's feeling troubled or down." "though." "huh?" "Make sure you eat." "we'll see you again tomorrow." "Do you need me to go buy anything?" "Emmy." "How is baseball going?" "It's been going better." "That's good to hear." "you know." "Mom worries about you." "so she doesn't get it." "They're not all bad or scary people." "Here." "Thanks." "That's some service for you." "something new came up." "Here." "On the house." "Thank you very much." "Thank you." "That's too much!" "too." "Of these?" "no." "Here." "What are you... just one." "I heard the shipyard was shut down." "Again?" "It's unfortunate for our youth." "they won't get decent jobs." "How's Asahi looking this year?" "How about it?" "Can you beat the whites?" "yeah?" "They're just going to come last again." "Don't worry." "They'll pull through." "I wonder..." "I'm sorry." "We can't get by here anymore." "We've decided to go to Ocean Falls together to find work." "You've done well for us all this time." "coach?" "now." "Think this over." "how can we possibly compete?" "I'm sorry." "Apologizing..." "Think before you speak." "These guys don't have work." "Are you saying to shut up and let them go because it's the only way?" "They can play if they travel here" "You think so?" "How long do you think their commute would be?" "About your next captain..." "Reggie." "Right?" "Fine by me." "too." "that's good." "It's Reggie." "Hold on... why me?" "aren't you?" "No..." "Tom is a year older than me." "I can't..." "I have Kami-san." "and baseball?" "You wouldn't see how hard that is." "for everything." "I need to worry about my sister's tuition and" "Everyone has their troubles." "But we're counting on you." "I guess." "Reggie!" "The whole neighborhood is looking forward to this!" "Well..." "let's all have one last practice together." "good idea!" "Let's do it." "Let's go!" "Let's do this!" "What do I even have to do?" "You bring the team together." "You can just say things like "Hold it together!" and "Take the win!" "But we're already on the same page and giving it our all." "Then don't do anything!" "The captain's being here gives us legitimacy." "It'd be bad if I don't co" "Asahi is even getting help from the Japanese Association. have faced ostracism and so on." "The pressure is mounting." "There is only one way to respond to this. and work to contribute to Canada itself." "Huh?" "That's different from what you said before!" "You said to keep our Japanese pride even when we're in a foreign country!" "it's exactly as you say. we will only face more ostracism." "Whether or not we can be accepted in this country is up to each of us having the mindset it takes to" "Those people didn't have any desire to accept us from the start!" "Yeah!" "Nothing has changed after all these years! so how could we even contribute to Canada?" "Have you?" "!" "Taking care of our countrymen is the duty of the Japanese Association." "What do you think you're doing telling us to kneel to the whites?" "Our motherland is in crisis right now..." "That has nothing to do with those of us in Canada." "Don't drag us-- lady!" "saying it has nothing to do with us?" "!" "we live in Canada!" "lady!" "well... is building friendships between our nations and contributing to Canada through baseball." "Let's hear their opinion on the matter." "You... from Asahi..." "Please say something for us." "Please allow me to take a photo." "Uh..." "I'm sorry that we couldn't win." "Uh..." "Everyone on the Canadian teams is so large that they overpower us on the field. but our players have been quitting due to work problems" "Can't you hold the team together?" "to be losing all the time?" "!" "but... it's not like we started this with the intention of losing." "I'm sorry." "Why are you apologizing for that?" "It's a bad habit Japanese people have." "Please root for us." "Hey." "Hey." "I went to the assembly." "How did it go?" "There were arguments." "And..." "I ended up having to say a bunch of stuff." "whatever." "What's up?" "baseball has become a proper profession in Japan." "Players have even been coming in from America." "Want to go to Japan together?" "And where do we get the money for that?" "Good point." "Do you want to go pro?" "You should know better." "I was just saying." "What you said sparked some controversy." "Yeah." "We're working twice as much as the whites." "Why is our pay so different from theirs?" "You should say things like that." "right?" "I am-- then say those things!" "you over there!" "Stop jibber-jabbering and get back to work." "Sorry." "you Japs are talking Japanese." "It gives me the creeps." "It's just small talk." "bitch in English." "Now... you got something to say?" "No." "Nothing." "Hello!" "Please wait just a moment." "didn't you say you had no practice today?" "I've decided to go." "Getting told off like that every time... how about giving it up?" "I won't." "It's going to the outfield!" "Good pitch." "Here it comes!" "What's with that?" "Don't do that!" "Kaye." "Calm down." "What's up with that?" "That crap Roy did." "but if he wasn't around we would be nothing." "He's full of himself because you always have him on a pedestal." "Don't be "yes men" for him." "too!" "Yeah?" "You're right." "Frank?" " Yeah." "Yeah." "I feel like we can do it." " Right?" " Yeah." "Yeah?" "you know..." "We all have a batting average of only about 20%." "None of us can bat at all." "I know that much." "Frank." "Frank." "That's why... 3 days in Chilliwack." "$1.30 per day." "No way." "You're too old." "Why are you only taking the young?" "!" "These guys don't have the strength to get through three days!" "I'll do anything!" "Give me some work!" "You just make excuses!" "Chemainus. $1.20 per day." "Seiji-san!" "What's wrong?" "!" "What's wrong?" "Hey!" "Seiji-san!" "Hey!" "Are you okay?" "!" "You fainted again?" "I heard about it from Yasu-san." "It's not a big deal." "You're planning to go to another city for work again?" "It's too rough for you now." "Don't get soft on your elders." "It'll bother me." "You've come to a point where you can work with the whites." "those whites." "They slack off all the time and take us lightly." "there's nothing we can do about it." "How is there nothing we can do about it?" "Making fools of us all the time..." "Just who do they think built this city?" "It was done on the backs of people who sailed here from Japan." "Who do you think made it so that we Japanese could get by here?" "Brats like you screwing around with baseball wouldn't know." "Screwing around"..." "Don't bow down to the whites!" "Reiji... do it." "But do it right." "Put them on their asses." "Summer was just starting to show its face in Vancouver and what we'd been waiting for finally arrived: baseball season." "How's it looking for Asahi this year?" "Is Reiji showing his colors?" "I'm going to come watch you today." "Do your best!" "We're counting on you!" "We're counting on you!" "Good luck out there." "Mornin'." "right?" "Of course they are!" "I want to see Tom hit a home run!" "He'll hit one for sure!" "though!" "Asahi is more of a defensive team to begin with." "I'm looking forw" "Are you focusing on your work?" "but you are Japanese." "wouldn't that be a terrible thing?" "Let's go!" "Quickly!" "Quickly!" "We're going to get the best seats!" "Reggie is going to hit one for sure!" " Wow!" " Wooow!" "Alright!" "Alright!" "Let's do it!" "now!" "Go get them." "We'll get it this year!" "hold on... why is Kaye saying that?" "you say it." "Reggie." "Reggie." "Reggie?" "Reggie?" "hold on." "let's go!" "hit one!" "Reggie!" "crush the whites!" "go for it!" "Play ball!" "Strike one!" "Strike two!" "Strike three!" "Out!" "hit it out of here!" "Hit that ball!" "hit it!" "Bring it!" "Strike one!" "Strike two!" "Strike three!" "Out!" "Out." "Bring it on!" "Play!" "Strike one!" "You've got this!" "They can do it!" "Home run!" "again... either." "little midgets!" "Thanks for the easy win!" "boys!" " Cheers!" "eh?" "Try saying that again." "I dare you!" "Hey." "Good one." "It's like they didn't even see the scoreboard." "Why is Roy always like that?" "During that war before... his dad died fighting for Canada." "And nothing changed even after that." "Don't give up on higher education." "Chase after what you truly want to do." "I'm so close to getting a scholarship." "We'll have to celebrate." "let's hope I get it." "I think you paid me too much." "Go spend it on records or books or whatever you want to buy." "you're the only one who can appease my nagging mother." "And I appreciate it." "See?" "They're not all bad people." "are you listening?" "But they are huge." "Their pitches are really something." "they don't go anywhere." "What can we do about that?" "I'm looking forward to the next game." "Play!" "No good again..." "That bat is taller than you!" "shorty!" "Strike one!" "Where are you even looking?" "!" "That was a ball!" "seriously?" "What was that?" "They're calling balls as strikes." "Yeah." "They're toying with us." "I don't think that's the problem." "What are you brooding about?" "We just can't beat the whites." "Their arms are so muscular." "They're twice the size of ours." "We had no chance from the start." "I know that much." "Don't just keep saying we can't win." "but that's why..." "What?" "I have to think about it." "Don't stress out if thinking about it still won't get the win." "Strike one!" "Strike two!" "Strike three!" "Out!" "It's pretty much pointless." "seriously... don't you?" "I'm going to try something." "What's he doing?" "He's gotten all the way to third base!" "That means..." "Asahi just got a point!" "Did you see that?" "You saw that?" "I got us a point!" "That game the other day... what was that?" "Talking about baseball?" "Yeah." "Did they lose again?" "they lost again." "1 to 2." "But they got a point off just one bunt!" "I've never seen something like that!" "And those Canadians... their bodies are so big they can't really do sharp turns." "Seiji-san!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry!" "Come on!" "We came at a good time!" "One out and people on bases 2 and 3!" "Nice!" "Safe!" "you're too dull!" "Can't you hit a home run?" "!" "Whose side are you on?" "Don't act all high and mighty bunting all day!" "Ignore this guy!" "We're not playing this way to look cool." "What are you guys doing?" "right?" "Awesome!" "It's a fluke." "Again with that..." "They got lucky." "This style isn't really baseball." "It's pathetic." "Is it?" "Watching it is exciting." "It's fun for us." "Yeah?" "Yeah!" "but run harder you guys." "Yeah." "Watching you guys zip around the field like that... but it gets me all fired up!" "It's a great time!" "Really?" "The first step is the important part." "The first step." "I guess we start on our right feet." "Our right." "An unlicensed Japanese fishing boat went out to sea." "You know anything?" "We know noshing." "Noshing"?" "But the Japanese way is... to take things." "Without thinking about the consequences." "Right?" "The fish don't belong to anyone." "No Japanese would try and break your rules." "If we do that we know it would mean starvation." "Don't you even understand that?" "I'm sorry." "He was just making a joke." "I know it's not funny." "I hope he didn't offend you." "I'm going to have to check your boats." "What?" "We can't help here." "But we have our own way of helping." "Asahi?" "!" "the next one!" "Close!" "Close!" "How about the mustached guy?" "The third one here." "He's bad with inside pitches!" "Send him a curve ball!" "Let's speed this up!" "Got it!" "It's coming to the infield!" "Reggie!" "Out." "Out." "do you even know the rules?" "I have no idea!" "But seeing Reiji so happy is making me happy!" "Nice!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Good work!" "Control that ball!" "Cheers!" "Are you okay?" "I heard a customer didn't pay you?" "It's no joke." "They just think we'll do whatever we're told." "aren't they?" "Even though they're weaklings." "Stick it up there!" "isn't it?" " Wow!" "He's going again?" "You bet." "he's going!" "Safe!" "Yes!" "You guys are good." "What?" "Watching you play baseball is fun." "I like the way you use your heads." "Sorry." "so... that's all we could do." "That's all"?" "Sorry." "Why do you keep apologizing?" "what are you guys doing?" "Stop jibber-jabbering and start working." "What was that?" "What exactly was that?" "What was it?" "Somehow... things seem pretty different." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Could we be... doing something amazing?" "Yeah." "may I take your bags" "No!" "You may not take my bags." "You're filthy." "You there." "ma'am?" " Take these." "I heard they're amazing." "The way the Asahi play?" "Yeah." "You should come see how great they are." "Emmy." "Could I see you for a moment?" "But why can't it be Emmy?" "The other parents had some concerns." "Like... why a Japanese Canadian should receive this scholarship." "but..." "Please." "Forget about the scholarship." "But that's not fair!" "You are an outstanding student." "That's why I recommended you." "but... that's the way it is." "Hey!" "Here!" "Have these." "Take them with you!" "Thanks." "Asahi is doing great!" "You're rattling the whites' cages!" "It's firing me up!" "you can clear up many years of bitterness!" "Sure." "But... that's not why we're doing this." "Well... that is true." "okay?" "What is it?" "I'm home." "you're home?" "Welcome back." "hey?" "Eat up." "Why are you going so slow?" "get it done." "please." "as well." "He's always like this when he decides to come home." "What do you even come home for?" "What's with that tone?" "Do you have a problem with me?" "Of course she does." "You send all your money to Japan." "Do you understand how rough Mom has it?" "How it gets used is up to the one who earned it." "and having that "going away for work" mentality is why Japanese people get told to leave this country." "Emmy..." "What did you just say?" "to your parent?" "You people are always like that." "You don't learn English and only talk to Japanese people." "You don't even try to understand Canadians." "or idiots." "And we don't move up in our social standing!" "From a bratty little girl?" "Reiji!" "You think going to school makes you special?" "!" "Get out!" "The rice!" "It's rice we bought with Reiji's money." "That's not for you to complain about." "I've had enough!" "Get out!" "It's natural to complain about having someone like him here." "You can complain if you want." "But..." "I can't let you speak ill of your parent." "you should have said so from the start." "without all the sutoton." "sutoton!" "Asahi is taking the win today!" "Look forward to it." "Hit it out of here!" "Strike three!" "Out!" "That was clearly a ball!" "What are you looking at?" "!" "What's happening?" "The umpire is cheating again." "umpire!" "Call the game like you see it!" "Don't be playing any funny games!" "are you rooting for the Japs?" "I'm not rooting for the Japs." "I want a fair game." "Be fair." "Reggie!" "Reggie!" "Reggie!" "What?" "What?" "you filthy little Jap!" "Get up!" "We've been banned from the tournament." "What about Mt." "Pleasant?" "Not at fault." "Roy... you sure did something stupid." "Things worked out well this way." "Yeah." "You Japs take the cake. you make mistakes." "It's a shame." "Hey." " Reggie." " Reggie." "captain." "Frank." "I got fired from work." "It's... a bit strange." "Japanese people are getting fired from all the hotels." "Are things okay at the saw mill?" "Yeah." "for now." "I'll be going to Japan." "Relatives there found me some work." "I see... huh?" " Yeah." " Sounds nice." "I wonder if it's a good place?" "won't it?" "since I'll still be called an immigrant there." "I wonder if it's better to hear that from the whites or from the Japanese?" "Reggie." "I'm hopeless." "Getting encouraged and such... we're here!" "Hey." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Seiji-san!" "Seiji-san!" "Seiji-san!" "Hey!" "Go on home!" "Quickly!" "It's fine." "What's fine?" "!" "you know!" "I know." "Always putting on that act..." "Hurry up and get your ass home to see him!" "It's too much of a pain!" "I'll hold your stuff!" "I'll hold it!" "I get it!" "I get it!" "I get it!" "I get it!" "you dumbass!" "Hurry up and go!" "Move!" "Move!" "Reiji!" "What?" "Yasu said..." "Yasugorou said you got hurt." "but it got better." "The hell is with you?" "Boys get told from a young age to protect their face and balls!" "How pathetic." "Why are you making a ruckus while we eat?" "Come inside." "Asahi was..." "I know." "One thing after another has to make so much noise..." "Hello!" "Can I have a minute?" "Roy!" "Roy!" "Hey." "Our ban was lifted!" "let's go!" "Quickly!" "Forget that." "Let's go!" "The phones at the league's head office have been ringing off the hook from morning to night." "And it wasn't only Japanese callers." "Whites have been objecting to the decision en masse as well." "and such." "At least be a little pleased." "I was... actually relieved we were banned." "Why?" "I can live without having to worry about batting." "Working the entire time I'm awake and getting woken up by my mom every night" "then leaving to fish again in the morning... playing baseball?" "Is there any point to it?" "There is." "I don't feel there is." "I do." "Have a seat." "Have you heard?" "We have to answer people's wishes." "Uh..." "Then..." "My sister will say something." "The captain should be doing that." "No..." "I'm not good at things like that." "Well..." "Uh..." "There is something that I have been wanting to say." "So..." "I made my brother give me this chance." "I... am always... really looking forward to Asahi's games. it makes me" "as well." "Um... but everyone in the neighborhood" "probably feels the same way. but we can't let ourselves feel defeated." "And we can't cry." "What should I say... so I had my friends" "teach me a song." "Emmy!" "Go for it!" "Take me out to the... Take me out with the crowd;" "I don't care if I never get back. it's a shame." "At the old ball game." "Emmy!" "You did well!" "I'll keep rooting for you." "Asahi!" "Sure!" "We will!" "Do it!" "I apologize." "I wanted to make sure by fighting a white... it turns out they really are huge and strong." "Roy." "He's right!" "He's got it." "the Jap place is that way." "I've got some business inside." "We were wrong." "I will... never do it again." "We'll see you on the field." "Shall we give it a go?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Baseball is just straight up fun." "there's more to it than just the game..." "Yeah." "If I... then I can be glad to have been born here." "Let's take this ride together." "As far as it goes." "I'll do whatever it takes." "Japan has successfully sent new troops to China. the situation in the Far East continues to worsen even more." " Come on." "Quickly." "The entire nation of Japan is surely preparing for yet another war. and commences hostilities again." "Frank... could it? it will have a negative effect on the sales of my company." "right?" "Thank you for your kindness until now." "May I say goodbye to Mrs. O'Neill?" "too." "but I didn't get the scholarship." "Why not?" "Such a smart girl as you..." "I want to keep on loving this country." "They're the only ones with good things to talk about." "Things are looking dark for everyone else." "Asahi will show us the dawn." "What?" "What do you want?" "You want that?" "You want this?" "Yeah." "Do you speak English?" "Reiji." "Reiji!" "Huh?" "Did you buy this?" "At... a white store?" "Yep." "Looking down on me and such... at least." "I asked him to sell me the best one." "help out at home." "Pipe down." "I'm heading elsewhere for work for a bit again." "You're doing the things that I couldn't." "We are here now because you and the others" "came here from Japan." "I'm grateful for that." "Asahi faces Mt." "Pleasant who share the same win/loss record." "Today's game will decide the league championship." "We'll keep you updated with scores and the final outcome as reports from the ballpark come into the station." "The game... the most important game!" "Asahi..." "Asahi's most important game!" "Asahi's-- what are you doing?" "!" "let's go!" " Is it already close?" "bring in the sign!" "The sign?" "Wh-why are you cleaning up this much right now?" "!" "I didn't think this day would ever come!" "This is the game that matters!" "We need to-- he says..." "Your dad is saying the shop isn't important." "Make sure you grow up to be a respectable man." "Hey." "Young man." "You can have pride in your father." "Your concern isn't needed." "Dad?" "I'm going to go watch." "What?" "three!" "Mt." "Pleasant!" "boys!" "I've run out of things to say." "Play to your heart's content." "Let's do this!" "We're going to finish this!" "Yeah!" "we're counting on you!" "Play ball!" "Bring it on!" "Strike one!" "...as expected of a white." " Indeed." " Home run!" "so their hits are too." "Mt." "Pleasant has pulled ahead with their homerun hitting." "Mt." "Pleasant leads by one run: 5 to 4." "What did he say?" "Who is winning?" "Is it Asahi?" "Asahi is losing." "Roy!" "Pull it together!" "Roy! stay tuned for a follow-up report." "Is there no hope for them?" "Reiji!" "Strike three!" "Out!" "fellas!" "One more out!" "fellas!" "One more!" "just one more!" "We got this!" "We got this!" "Roy!" "Do it for us!" "Strike one!" "guys!" "Alright!" "We got this!" "Roy!" "He knows what you're doing!" "I know that." "So what do I do?" "You have to just hit it out of here!" "it's not gonna fly!" "Don't say that before you've hit one!" "You've said the same thing." "Here we go." "Get that ball out of here!" "He missed it!" "Run home!" "Run home!" "Hurrah!" "Hurrah!" "They won!" "They won!" "They won! Yes!" "They won!" "They won!" "Asahi won!" "They won!" "Roy hit one!" "They did it!" "we did nothing except play baseball." "Reggie." "Let's go." "Okay." "Asahi became so popular that we took 1st place in Vancouver's fan poll." "Teams from all over invited us to play." "We played away games even during the off season. nobody would speak badly about us. is something many said." "Things might even change." "how are the preparations coming?" "All Japanese fishing boats will be seized by Canadian authorities." "Obey our orders now and hand over your boats." "This is an order." "All Japanese fishing boats will be seized by Canadian authorities." "1941." "The Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor." "Hawaii in the United States by air. but our neighboring country has suffered considerable damage." "The fact that Canada will surely be affected is inevitable. off the truck." "Why do they have to take the truck?" "I have no idea what's going on. you're not going to give it back?" "We're in a hurry!" "This is very important to us Japanese." "Everybody here is heading back to their families." "Hurry up and give it back to us." "You don't need to do that." "Seiji-san!" "you moron." "There's no other choice!" "Let's walk home!" "We all have to get home." " We have to go home!" " We're going!" "We have to go home!" "We're going!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "hurry it up!" "Japanese people were thought of as enemies of the state." "We were then forcefully sent to internment camps." "We were each allowed to bring one bag with us." "Our homes and their contents were all seized." "Faster." "Faster." "Tom." "too." "Keep moving!" "Tom!" "Kaye!" "Forward!" " No stopping!" " Keep moving!" "Keep going!" "No one stops!" "Stay well!" "Stay well!" "Tom!" "Faster!" "Why are the Japanese people walking?" "Roy!" "Roy!" "Roy!" "Roy!" "Roy!" "Is your mom alright?" "more or less." "Which camp are you going to?" "I have no idea." "I'll make sure to go pro." "or wherever." "Come along with me." "Let's play baseball together again." "The train is departing!" "Move back!" "The Japanese neighborhood we had lived in vanished." "We would finally get back our freedom 4 years later when Japan lost the war." "But Asahi never got back together again. 2000)}Asahi's unique playing style and contributions to the sport" "2000)}earned them a place in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame." "2000)}That was after most of the players had left this world." "Asahi!"