So far I’ve written a lot about Japan and my memories of our last stay and now it’s time to reveal the reason that I will be coming to Japan….Baseball!

Baseball took me to Japan from 1994-1998 and now it is brining me back. I loved living in Japan and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to do so again.

If you have read my about me page you will remember that I claim to be a baseball fan. Now you know why and it was not always the case - I married into the game and now I love it! When I first started watching the game I had no idea about the various strategies that made the seemingly simple game so complex. Baseball is a game for everyone from a kid who can understand three strikes and you’re out to a statistician who loves to analyze match ups, batting averages and everything in between.

For those of you that love the game in America and want to learn more about the game in Japan I am working on a series of posts that will act as a primer of sorts which I hope will allow you to get more familiar with the game in Japan and understand a little about the world that I live in….It’s not a typical life but it’s never boring!

Spring training starts on February 1st in Japan and I will start this weekly series on Thursday with some history of the game in Japan and an overview of the various teams that make up Nippon Professional Baseball (the link is in Japanese - so if you can’t read Kanji you will be very frustrated if you click it….).

Let’s play ball!