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Asahi Tigers
I have recently moved to Vancouver B.C., not the world's best baseball town. But this Saturday I will be going to a screening of a movie called "Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story," a documentary about a Canadian-Japanese team that apparently won several Pacific Northwest Championships in the years before WWII. If there is anyone who knows about this team, or this film, I would be interested to hear from them. Many thanks.
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Re: Asahi Tigers
[ Author: PLNara | Posted: Nov 6, 2003 1:30 AM
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I read a lengthy Shu-Be article about that team a few months ago, when the team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Only a handful of the players were still alive at the time of the induction.
I don't remember much about the article, but one of the players wrote a book about the team. His name was Adachi, iirc.
I don't remember much about the article, but one of the players wrote a book about the team. His name was Adachi, iirc.
Re: Asahi Tigers
[ Author: Sara B | Posted: Dec 6, 2003 2:00 AM
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No news to report on this topic. But if anyone is interested, I have found out how to purchase the movie mentioned above. You can order "Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story" in VHS format only, through the National Film Board of Canada [Link], or over the phone at 800-267-7710. The cost is $19.95 Canadian dollars. I believe they would be able to ship to Japan for an additional charge.
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