Category: Japanese Baseball

Uni Watch Library: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Ballcaps

By Paul Lukas, on July 27th, 2020%

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[Editor’s Note: Good morning! Today we have a guest entry from Miles Crowther, who’s going to tell us about a new uni-centric book he recently acquired. Enjoy. — PL]

By Miles Crowther

Over the past few months I’ve become increasingly interested in Japanese baseball and started . . . → Read More: Uni Watch Library: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Ballcaps

How Is the Coronavirus Affecting Athletics Aesthetics?

By Paul Lukas, on March 3rd, 2020%

The photo shown above is from a recent preseason Japanese baseball game at the Tokyo Dome between the Yomiuri Giants and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. The men wearing masks are the stadium’s grounds crew. (Also, it’s interesting that their attire is so heavily Under Armour-branded, right?)

That shot is one of several powerful images . . . → Read More: How Is the Coronavirus Affecting Athletics Aesthetics?

A Baseball and Sumo Trip Through Japan

By Paul Lukas, on June 12th, 2019%

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[Editor’s Note: Today we have an excellent guest entry from longtime reader/contributor Gordon Blau — that’s him above, with his wife, Chrysse — who’s going to tell us about his recent uni-related observations in Japan. — PL]

By Gordon Blau

Visiting Japan has long been on . . . → Read More: A Baseball and Sumo Trip Through Japan

Artist Andy Brown Returns, for Baseball Season

By Phil Hecken, on March 17th, 2018%

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Readers will recall a short while ago I featured artist Andy Brown, who shared his paintings and drawings from PyeongChang, Korea, during the past Winter Olympics. In the lede graf of that article, I wrote, “I was first drawn to Andy through his baseball-related paintings and sketches. . . . → Read More: Artist Andy Brown Returns, for Baseball Season