0:00 - Helping recruit American baseball players to Japan and the issues with American players in Japan

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Keywords: American; baseball; contract; hotel; Japan; money; practice; problems; scout; sports; Tokyo Giants; travel

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2:43 - Practice for a Japanese baseball team/Camaraderie among Japanese players

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Keywords: American players; baseball; boarding house; close-knit; family; Japanese baseball; manager; practice; professional baseball; running; sports; tired

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5:51 - Derek Tatsuno

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Keywords: American players; baseball; Cardinals; Chunichi Dragons; contract; Derek Tatsuno; drafted; fastball; Japanese baseball; New York Mets; newspaper company; San Diego Padres; semi-pro; sports; spring training; super scouts; Tokyo Giants; University of Hawaii; winter meeting; Yankees

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9:29 - Life post-baseball/Starting his pearl business with his wife/Building a successful business

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Keywords: baseball; celebrities; coaching; college; customers; First Ladies; pearl business; pearls; retirement; service; sports; Tokyo; Wally Yonamine Pearls; word of mouth

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13:16 - Competition for pearls/Daughters carrying on the family business

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Keywords: Australia:Tahiti; big pearls; black pearls; business; consignment; dealers; designing; employment; Japan; pearls; Redondo Beach; Tokyo Giants; wholesale company

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16:30 - Story about interacting with MLB players at his pearl shop

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Keywords: autograph; baseball; baseball players; Griffey; Ichiro; Japan; Johnny Bench; Major League Baseball; Pete Rose; superstars

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18:11 - Meeting his wife/His children and grandchildren/Enjoying his family

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Keywords: 49ers; baseball game; Boston College; Chicago; children; family; football; grandchildren; Hawaii; Hawaiian Warriors; Los Angeles; Loyola Unviersity; marriage; party; Redondo Beach; semi-pro; University of Hawaii; wife

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22:15 - His past working at the cane field/That work serving as motivation to succeed at sports

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Keywords: baseball; cane fields; children; college; employment; football; grass; leaves; plantation; sports

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24:05 - Lessons and rewards from sports/Sticking to his roots

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Keywords: childhood; Hick town; professional baseball; professional football; sports

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25:39 - Meeting the Emperor and Empress of Japan

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Keywords: audience; baseball players; bow; championship; daughter; dreams; Emperor; Empress; Hawaii; Japan; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame; Japanese society; lady in waiting; leukemia; Los Angeles; manager; noble; pearls; shake hands; UCLA

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