with Reverend John Iwohara officiating

coaching the Little Tokyo Giants!Miho Hiramatsu was among the volunteers hand-pulling weeds from the desert soil.Some players even had four-finger gloves like me!If not for the melting pot of Los Angeles.

who was my age and also new to the team.One of my elementary school friends.It kept the community from being homesick.

Restoration of the baseball diamond at the Manzanar National Historic Site has passed its first two construction phases.My folks got me a glove from Blue Chip Stamps (if you are old enough to remember them).

and I remember hitting a home run over the fence to the opposite field in Gardena.

Bobby was the best I had ever seen.it doesn’t stop on screen.

your self-deprecating wit … and just good old-fashioned class.It means the world to me for them to experience this

Former Rafu editor Gwen Muranaka was unable to attend but left a video message in which she fondly recalled the many years they worked together.Filmmaker Steve Nagano introduced his 2012 documentary More Than 1.