Less than a decade after the end of World War Two, Japanese and American culture intersected around the international language of baseball. This substantial Japanese-language hardcover weighs in at 460 pages and has some cover wear but remains in EX condition. A smiling Stan Musial is illustrated on the somewhat-worn cover, a testament to the slugger's world-wide reputation. Don't be fooled - at first glance it appears that The Man is on the back cover, but as the page numbers within indicate, he's front-and-center as per the linguistic norm of paginating right-to-left in the Land of the Rising Sun. A great bonus is the photo section, which breaks up the text-heavy tome.