JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

With the final game of the college basketball season, much of the sports world hangs on for the culmination of March Madness today. However, sports fans in Japan are experiencing a culmination of thier own brand of madness, the final game of the semi-annual Japanese high school baseball season. Given that the sports scene in Japan is not as broad-based as stateside, this is a very big deal locally. Many of the more talented individuals introduced to the nation through these games will eventually become some of the more well-known baseball icons over here. And if the extraordinary player is really lucky, it’s to the “big game” and international popularity.