Baseball Legend Wally Yonamine and Author Rob Fitts Host Reading Nov. 9th
Rob Fitts, author of Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball and the biography’s subject, baseball legend Wally Yonamine, the first American to play in Japan after WWII, the man who brought hustle and hard sliding to Japanese Pro Baseball, will be giving a reading of the book at the Tokyo American Club at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 9th.
From Mr. Fitts:
Please join Wally Yonamine and author Robert Fitts at the Tokyo American Club on November 9 from 11 AM to 2 PM for a book reading and signing of the new book Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball. All are welcome. It will be a great chance to meet Wally, ask him questions, and talk baseball with a member of the Japan Baseball Hall of Fame.
DIrections and further information are available at WallyYonamine.com.
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