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Meet Emilee Fragapane: Sports Analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Emilee Fragapane, a third-generation Japanese American, was an undergraduate Economics student at S…

Sharleen Higa • Oct. 23, 2024

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The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists' Families

Yuji Uchiyama — Part 2

Read Part 1 Yuji Uchiyama’s Biography Yuji Uchiyama was born in 1895 as the eldest son to his f…

Yobun Shima • Sept. 2, 2024

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The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists' Families

Yuji Uchiyama — Part 1

My Ten Years with Vancouver Asahi In Major League Baseball in the United States these days, Shohei…

Yobun Shima • Sept. 1, 2024

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The Making and Evolution of Yuriko Gamo Romer's Baseball Documentaries: Diamond Diplomacy and Baseball Behind Barbed Wire

Since 1998, Yuriko Gamo Romer’s Flying Carp Productions has been responsible for producing a variet…

Kristopher Kato • May 15, 2024

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“LA Rising” in Little Tokyo with Robert Vargas

On March 27, 2024, Robert Vargas’ newest mural, “LA Rising,” was unveiled in the heart of Los Angel…

Kristopher Kato • April 16, 2024

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Nomo, Ohtani, and Dreams of Spring

I drew this cartoon in May 1995, Hideo Nomo’s first season as a Dodger. All those years ago, it str…

Gwen Muranaka • Dec. 27, 2023

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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago

Chapter 1—From Hawai‘i to the Midwest

In the 1910s, a Nikkei visitor from Hawai‘i once wrote a newspaper column expressing his surprise…

Takako Day • Dec. 10, 2023

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Will Ireton Uses Analytics, Trackman to Help Dodger Players Improve Their Performances

What becomes clear after meeting Will Ireton is that there is more to him than meets the eye. Muc…

Chris Komai • Oct. 18, 2023

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Scott Akasaki and the Influx of Asian Americans Working in Professional Sports

Tommy Lasorda once said, “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s…

Kristopher Kato • Oct. 4, 2023

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Stephen Nelson Makes History as New Dodgers Announcer

Stephen Nelson has always had a strong interest in history, but because of his new position as a br…

Chris Komai • Sept. 20, 2023

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