Book Reviews

This is a list of baseball, NPB and Hanshin-related books I have read since the start of 2015. Click on the book titles to read a detailed review. All reviews are in English, regardless of the language of the book. Also, they are listed roughly in the order I would recommend them to others.

Home Runs

HomeRunBookReviews
Sportsworld of the Hanshin TigersYou Gotta Have WaWhite Ball Crosses the PacificHanshin Tigers
MoneyballBest Gaikokujin Players Then and NowBanzai Babe RuthThe Arm
Do You Want to Work in Baseball?Baseball and the Japanese

Extra Base Hits

 

ExtraBaseHitBookReviews
Chrysanthemum and the BatEnatsu: A Lefty's PrideNomura's Thinking BaseballWhere are the Scholar-Athletes?The Only Rule Is It Has to WorkHanshin's Housewife
ThrowbackMurayama: Fiery AceThe Meaning of IchiroHanshin Tigers 1965-78Dark History of the Hanshin TigersHanshin Tigers, Rulers of Japan
Hanshin Tigers History & TreasuresThe Mystery of the Hanshin TigersKyojin-Hanshin DiscourseWhat Bass Wanted to Say This YearHanshin Strategy as Seen by ScorersHanshin Tigers Actually Strong
Murton's BibleThe Bass DiariesBaseball Between the NumbersRandy MessengerTaking in a GameBig Data Baseball
Remembering Japanese BaseballThe Gritty TigersKyuji Fujikawa: Fiery FastballPop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other DisastersNuclear-Powered BaseballMashi: First Japanese Major Leaguer
Haraguchi: Just to Stand Right HereYokota: The Miraculous Throw HomeShinjo: Thrilling LifeShohei Ohtani JournalismWhy Orix was Able to Win the PennantWhy Can't the Hanshin Tigers Win?

Singles

GoodButNotGreatBookReviews
1985 - The Year the Tigers Became OneI Changed the Awful Tigers!The DecisionWeaver on StrategySlugging it Out in JapanOut of My LeagueCherry Blossoms over the Stars & StripesWhy are Star Players Defecting?
Hey Young Tigers!Prepare and ProceedPut Your Life on the LineSprintSchool of Hanshin FansImmature ManAn Ambush of Fierce TigersMister Tigers - Fumio Fujimura
Baseball Know-HowSadaharu Oh: RetrospectYellow & Black FeverTadashi Wakabayashi's DreamNational Pastime: The Future According to BaseballThe Baseball WidowNew! Adventures of the Fierce Tigers ClubShinjo: Dreaming Baby
The Dragons Strike Back!Shinjo: Waitakora!How I Studied English in the Majors32 Years of Tigers Play by PlayHideki Irabu: The Man Who Loved Baseball Too Much
Strikeouts
ReadtheReviewNottheBook
Bigger Than the GameNikkei BaseballBaseball: So Interesting You'll Stay Up All NightJapanese BaseballHow Hanshin Started Winning AgainWhy the Tigers' Golden Age Will Never ComeTear-and-Laughter Inducing DataFour Stance Theory
Toritani: Captaincy

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