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Carter Cromwell
Carter Cromwell is a former sportswriter for daily newspapers and later a corporate public relations professional. He works for an independent-league baseball team, writes baseball-related articles for various websites, and has contributed to several Society For American Baseball Research (SABR) projects. His other passions include family, world travel, and rescue dogs.
JapanBaller Spotlight: Bob Abels
To anyone who would call Bob Abels a baseball fan, Brian Fennessy says au contraire. “He’s not a fan,” Abels’s long-time friend says simply. “He’s a fanatic.” Fennessy has a point. Abels has traveled to Nicaragua, Panama, the Dominican Republic,…
JapanBaller Spotlight: Jonathan Greenberg
Twists of fate are something Jonathan Greenberg knows well. For starters, a chance visit by a junior high school music teacher to his elementary school started him on a journey to becoming a professional musician with a resume full of…
Beyond Baseball: teamLab Borderless
teamLab is an interdisciplinary group of artists formed in Tokyo in 2001. But the disciplines of group members are not traditional ones like painting, sculpting, or photography. Members are called “Ultra-technologists” because the troupe is composed of programmers, engineers, computer…
JapanBaller Spotlight: Trevor Raichura
No one knows better than Trevor Raichura that you can’t always predict just what is coming down the pike. After all, the JapanBall News Correspondent has lived and worked in Japan as a teacher for two decades even though, in the beginning,…
JapanBaller Spotlight: Don Robbs
For Don Robbs, the old recruiting lure “Join the Army and See the World” proved to be much more truism than hollow come-on. It was a call that led him from small-town Minnesota to the other side of the planet…
JapanBaller Spotlight: Leon DeHaven
When JapanBall veteran Leon DeHaven hears the old saying about life being about the journey rather than the destination, he must have a good laugh. He’s already packed plenty of journeys and destinations into a single lifetime. “It’s been a…
JapanBaller Spotlight: Connie Van Putten
By Carter Cromwell When telling Connie Van Putten’s story, the challenge is not in finding a starting point but in choosing from a plethora of candidates: All excellent choices. For now, though, let’s go with her background as an early…
Beyond Baseball: Akihabara, Tokyo’s “Electric Town”
Heading to Tokyo? Want a truly unique shopping and cultural experience rolled into one? Akihabara should be at the top of your list. Easily accessible via the Akihabara JR and Metro station, this district is the hub of the modern…
Beyond Baseball: Shinjuku and Golden Gai
In a megalopolis such as Tokyo, there obviously is no one spot where one can see everything, but a visitor can see a lot in Shinjuku. Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo – special wards being largely autonomous subdivisions…
Beyond Baseball: Yasukuni Shrine and Yushukan War Museum
The hundreds of Shinto shrines of Japan are revered for their tranquility and spirituality, but only one is a frequent spiritual haven for violent yakuza members and is internationally known for its controversial nature – the Yasukuni Shrine and accompanying…