A Child of Baseball | p. 3 |
The Star, Modesty Included | p. 12 |
A Promise to His Father | p. 22 |
Japan's Number One Slugger | p. 34 |
A Sigh of Relief | p. 39 |
"More Like What a Person Ought to Be" | p. 43 |
A Wrenching Decision | p. 53 |
"Postwar Japan Sends Its Finest Citizens to America" | p. 69 |
War, Peace, and Ground Zero | p. 75 |
The Mentors Behind Matsui | p. 82 |
To the Sponsor They Have Never Met | p. 90 |
Raining Cats and Dogs | p. 97 |
The Spirit of the Yankees | p. 108 |
From Battlefield to Baseball Field | p. 115 |
"Yankees Fans Are Such Wonderful People!" | p. 119 |
Matsui in the Spring | p. 127 |
Endnotes | p. 131 |
Acknowledgments | p. 133 |
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