The novel that came out of his brainwave at the baseball game was called Hear The Wind Sing and won a new writers' prize in Japan.

他在棒球场偶得灵感创作的小说《且听风吟》获得了新人奖。

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He will tell you, for instance, that a baseball movie will only work outside the US if it's shown in Japan.

比如说，他会告诉你棒球片在美国以外只有到日本放映才有效。

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Baseball is very popular in Japan.

棒球在日本很流行。

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It has been expanding into niche markets, including environment- and energy-related businesses, and owns a professional baseball team in Japan.

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In 1995, baseball actually surpassed sumo as Japan's most popular sport.

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Igawa is back pitching (not all that well) in Japan with the Orix Buffaloes, DeSalvo pitched in 2012 with the Lamigo Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, Wright pitched in 2012 for the Independent Somerset Patriots and Henn is currently at Triple-A with the Mets after pitching in 2012 with the Hanwha Eagles in Korea.

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