ABSTRACT
Each of these championships won or lost bears fascinating stories that reveal much about the standing and worth of the once-Japanese game of baseball that now won the “Free China” regime such recognition abroad. Here I will look at two main elements of this baseball history introduced above: the tensions and contradictions between nationalist and dissident uses (both ideological and diplomatic) of the game, and the intense culture of loss and shame that actually grew around the unending triumphs on the baseball field.
