MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN (article)

[NewEnglandAmazins]

I found this article by Robert Whiting on The Japan Times online. It is a four part series on MLB's effect on Japanese baseball.


http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/baseball.html

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Is anyone having trouble accessing the article?

[jalbright]

Let's not quote entire copyrighted articles, please. It causes potential problems for the site. I'm going to ask you to edit this down on your own rather than take my own stab at abridging the article. I will also do so by PM.

Jim Albright

[jalbright]

Is anyone having trouble accessing the article?

Not me. And, I'll say something publicly I have said to you in a PM. If you want to summarize or even abridge these articles, I have no problem with that. It's just the posting of the complete article which concerns me.

Jim Albright

[NewEnglandAmazins]

I thought the article was very good. I guess the only group that doesn’t welcome the MLB in Japan is the NPB for the obvious reasons. But I was surprised to read that some organizations would prefer to have ethnically pure Japanese teams. I have always thought of corporate Japan of being open to marketing its product to everyone, not isolating itself from the world. Overall the MLB presence in Japan is good, because it should force the NPB to make positive changes in its business practices.