I was in Japan last spring and the Fresno ball team was in the hotel I was at. I spoke to one of the assistant coachs for about 20 minutes and gave him the web address to Free Republic!
Thanks for spreading the word about FR! Fresno State baseball and Japan have a special link thru “Fibber” Hirayama...see links below.
http://www.niseibaseball.com/html%20articles/Postwar%20History/postwar.html
http://www.niseibaseball.com/html%20articles/Nisei%20Legends/hirayama.htm