Remembering Cubs vs. Dodgers in Japan, 1934

Remembering Cubs vs. Dodgers in Japan, 1934

Only four active baseball stadiums remain where Babe Ruth once played: Wrigley Field, Boston’s Fenway Park, and two in faraway Japan. This, as it happens, is largely why the Cubs season will begin in Japan on Tuesday. There were several major league exhibition tours to Japan from 1908 through 1931, with the American pros playing against amateur and college teams. In 1934, almost 500,000 fans welcomed the American baseball motorcade in Tokyo for …

Let's Recall Baseball's Highly Successful 1934 Barnstorming Tour to Japan! - Baseball History Comes Alive

Visit the Baseball History Comes Alive Home Page Subscribe to Baseball History Comes Alive Free Bonus for Subscribing: Gary’s Handy Dandy World Series Reference Guide Get new posts by email   Babe Ruth and the 1934 Tour to Japan Photo Gallery The 1934 tour group, which will be featured in a future post Japanese All-Stars The Babe and family aboard the ocean liner Some of the players in Japan American players enter…