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Japan's love affair with baseball began sometime around 1870.

Masanori Murakawa is a man who has proven throughout his life and career that he cannot be denied.

Happy 46th birthday to Masanori Murakawa, best known to wrestling fans as The Great Sasuke.

Masanori Murakawa (村川 政徳) was born in Morioka, Tōhoku, Japan on July 18, , and he is currently 55 years old.

Originally a protege of Gran Hamada, Masanori Murakawa would go on to make a name for himself as "The Great Sasuke" his most iconic gimmick.

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Japan would develop its own high school, college and pro leagues. But it would take nearly 100 years before the nation would export a player to Major League Baseball in the United States. Masanori Murakami's story is the subject of the new book "Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer" by Robert Fitts.

Masanori Murakami, Robert Fitts and translator Yuriko Romer joined Only A Game's Doug Tribou in the studio.

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DT: Mashi, you made your Major League debut with the San Francisco Giants on September 1, 1964 at Shea Stadium against the Mets.

It was the eighth inning.

In April a former pro wrestler (Masanori Murakawa, aka “the Great Sasuke”) won a seat in Japan's Iwate prefectural assembly; last week.

What do you remember about that moment?

MM: Giants were behind 4-0. When I played in the minor leagues, people come to the ballpark were maybe 400, 500. September 1 at Shea Stadium, 40,000 people. Announcer: 'Now pitching for the San