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{{Ballgame | {{Ballgame | ||
|Name=in Saipan | |Name=in Saipan | ||
|Coordinates=15.2025176, 145.7174761 | |Coordinates=15.2025176, 145.7174761 | ||
|Type of Date= | |Type of Date=Decade | ||
|Date= | |Date=1930s/10/01 | ||
|Country=Northern Marianas Islands | |Country=Northern Marianas Islands | ||
|City=Saipan | |City=Saipan | ||
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|Innings=9 | |Innings=9 | ||
|Description=<p>Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139 relates the reminiscences of major league star Enos Slaughter. During World War II Slaughter was stationed on Saipan, after takeover by US troops, and recalled that army bulldozers soon constructed a "nice ball park" where the soldiers played. The same book also mentions ballplaying on Guam and Iwo Jima, after their liberation from the Japanese.</p> | |Description=<p>Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139 relates the reminiscences of major league star Enos Slaughter. During World War II Slaughter was stationed on Saipan, after takeover by US troops, and recalled that army bulldozers soon constructed a "nice ball park" where the soldiers played. The same book also mentions ballplaying on Guam and Iwo Jima, after their liberation from the Japanese.</p> | ||
<p>The Japanese introduced baseball to Saipan in the 1930s, during their occupation of the island.</p> | |||
<p>Fold3 has a photo of servicemen playing a game on Saipan, dated Aug. 5, 1945.</p> | <p>Fold3 has a photo of servicemen playing a game on Saipan, dated Aug. 5, 1945.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139</p> | |Sources=<p>Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139</p> |
Revision as of 05:04, 7 November 2018
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Location | Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands |
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Description | Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139 relates the reminiscences of major league star Enos Slaughter. During World War II Slaughter was stationed on Saipan, after takeover by US troops, and recalled that army bulldozers soon constructed a "nice ball park" where the soldiers played. The same book also mentions ballplaying on Guam and Iwo Jima, after their liberation from the Japanese. The Japanese introduced baseball to Saipan in the 1930s, during their occupation of the island. Fold3 has a photo of servicemen playing a game on Saipan, dated Aug. 5, 1945. |
Sources | Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139 |
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Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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First in Location | Northern Marianas Islands |
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