Digitized by Jessica Suchman and Catherine Nissley
“The Japanese certainly have the same kind of enthusiasm for baseball as Americans...they just play the game a little differently, and Bob Whiting captures those differences perfectly.” Orel Hershiser
Bob Whiting has done it again! THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE BAT was a comic masterpiece, a deft analysis of modern Japan masquerading as a witty sports book. YOU GOTTA HAVE WA is a worthy successor, a book that will please baseball fans and enlighten anyone interested in Japanese-American relations.” James Fallows, Atlantic Monthly
“YOU GOTTA HAVE WA is like Bob Whiting's classic, THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE BAT, in that it is far more than a sports book. Using the experiences of American baseball players who have played in Japan as his metaphor, Whiting has given us a brilliant example of two cultures in almost complete conflict with each other. What you read in this book is applicable to almost every other dimension of American-Japanese relations.” David Halberstam