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Robert Whiting
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2010
Nomo blazed trail, helped mend fences with move
First in a four-part series
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2010
Enatsu's feats resonate years later
Nippon Professional Baseball recently released the results of an interesting survey of the greatest games and moments — regular season and postseason — in its history. Indeed, opinions will vary on which games should be on the list and how to rank those games in order of greatness.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Feb 7, 2010
History, tradition helped to undermine Valentine
Fourth in a four-part series
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 31, 2010
Resentment of Valentine's power factored in downfall
Third in a four-part series
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 24, 2010
Valentine's philosophy brought Marines glory, money
Second in a four-part series
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 17, 2010
Clandestine campaign led to Valentine's demise
First in a four-part series
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2009
Hillman relied on intensity, goofball antics during time with Fighters
Last in a two-part excerpt of updated "You Gotta Have Wa"
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 31, 2009
Open mind key to Hillman's success
First excerpt in a two-part series of updated "You Gotta Have Wa"
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2008
Equaling Oh's HR record proved difficult
Third in a three-part series
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2008
Oh's career sparkled with achievements as player, manager
Second in a three-part series
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2008
Devoted to the game: Looking back at Oh's career
First in a three-part series
BASEBALL
Jan 20, 2008
Whiting pays tribute to Boyer, Halberstam
In an exclusive piece, best-selling author Robert Whiting reminisces about two men, Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, both of whom died in 2007, who had a profound impact on his distinguished career.
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 14, 2007
NPB players in need of strong union like MLBPA
Last of four-part
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 13, 2007
NPB needs major reform, vision to prosper like MLB
This is the third installment in a four-part series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 12, 2007
Foreign managers change face of Japanese game
This is the second installment in a four-part series.
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 11, 2007
Is the MLB destroying Japan's national pastime?
Best-selling author Robert Whiting, who has penned such classics as "You Gotta Have Wa," "The Chrysanthemum and the Bat" and "The Meaning of Ichiro," has written an exclusive four-part series for The Japan Times on the effect Major League Baseball is having on the Japanese pro game, and how the poor...

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