Like many young businesswomen across Japan this year, Ms Osanai became an instant fan-not of baseball, but of the late management guru, Peter Drucker.

小佐跟日本许多年轻的职业女性一样，都热衷于此，不是对棒球，而是对已故的管理大师彼得·德鲁克。

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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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But a tough call--such as the one that cost Japan a game against the U.S. in the baseball Classic just as we went to press--will tend to inflame passions anew.

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