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Barracks and baseball for Japanese Americans in 'Pastime'

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Barracks and baseball for Japanese Americans in 'Pastime'
In 'American Pastime,' West Coast Japanese interned during World War II take to the field in a struggle for dignity.

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These long-ago games don't show up in baseball's official records. They are preserved in the memories of men and women who are very old now, and in the speckled black-and-white photos that survive from that time: shots of sheepish young men showing off their batting stance or a boy caressing a favorite bat, of crowds squeezing around the crude infields for a better view of the game, of a lanky kid kicking up dust as he slides hard into home.

Americana, 1940s vintage.

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