SPM 4013 Exam 2 PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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SPM 4013 Exam 2 PASSED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who introduced the sport baseball to the Japanese people in the 1870s? - CORRECT
ANSWER- American educator Horace Wilson and railway engineer Hiroshi Hiraoka.
In ______, Babe Ruth and his American teammates embarked on an 18-game tour ...
SPM 4013 Exam 2 PASSED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who introduced the sport baseball to the Japanese people in the 1870s? - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔ American educator Horace Wilson and railway engineer Hiroshi Hiraoka.
In ______, Babe Ruth and his American teammates embarked on an 18-game tour of Japan. -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1934
In ______, four years after the end of World War II, American troops were still occupying
Japan. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1949
_____ had played during the 1931 tour, persuaded Ruth to go to Japan in 1934 and helped
launch a Japanese professional league in 1936. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ MLB star Lefty
O'Doul
_______ would become the first American baseball team to play in Japan since Ruth's tour,
and their 10-game tour drew 500,000 fans, including 14,000 war orphans at a game against an
American military all-star team. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The Seals
MacArthur would later say that ______ tour was the greatest example of diplomacy he had
ever seen. Today, _______ is one of only three Americans in the Japanese Baseball Hall of
Fame. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ O'Doul
In the early ______, several Japanese team owners began to explore the feasibility of
recruiting American baseball players, hoping an infusion of American talent could elevate the
quality of play. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1950's
As the first American to "integrate" Japanese baseball after World War II, he would change
Japanese baseball forever. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Wally Yonamine: Japanese-American
spoke no Japanese, subject to racist taunts.
Between 1951 and 2017, more than _______________ would follow Yonamine's lead and
sign with Japanese ball clubs. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 300 American players
, Yonamine's arrival in Japan also coincided with the signing of the ____________ that ended
U.S. occupation of Japan in 1952. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1951 peace treaty
In ________, left-handed relief pitcher __________ was sent to the United States by the
Nankai Hawks for special instruction from the San Francisco Giants. - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔ - 1964
- Masanori Murakami
___________ is the first native-born Japanese player to play for an American major league
team. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Masanori Murakami
With Murakami being permitted to stay one more year with the Giants before returning to
Japan permanently - no Japanese players would be allowed to come to the U.S. for more than
____ years. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 30
By _____, Japan had passed the U.S. in per capita GNP, and many Americans began to resent
their success. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1990
In 1995, finding a loophole in his contract, right-handed pitcher ____________ declared
himself "retired" at age 26 and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent. -
CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Hideo Nomo
So in 1999, they worked in concert with Major League Baseball to establish a
"___________" system. - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ posting fee
Baseball originates in England - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1744
First official baseball game in US - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1846
Baseball introduced in Japan - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ 1876
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