{"id":38718,"date":"2015-11-19T23:42:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=38718"},"modified":"2015-11-19T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:56:08","slug":"jet-talks-george-rose-baseball-and-the-us-japan-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/19\/jet-talks-george-rose-baseball-and-the-us-japan-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"JET Talks: George Rose &#8211; Baseball and the US-Japan Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>************<\/p>\n<p>What do people do after JET? Here&#8217;s one great example.<\/p>\n<p>On November 16, JETAA DC held the latest in their\u00a0<em>JET Talks<\/em> series with a talk by\u00a0JET alum <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-pride-of-the-yankees-far-east-edition-summer-2008\/\">George Rose<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/fuku-tabi.jp\/en\/\">Fukushima<\/a>-ken, 1989-91)<\/strong>, former interpreter for <strong>Hideki Irabu<\/strong> and current Director of Pacific Rim Operations for the <strong>New York Yankees<\/strong>, not to mention former <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/\">JETAA NY<\/a> President.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the talk. (Thanks to <strong>JETAA DC Vice-President Joy Young<\/strong> for passing this on!) Many great anecdotes including one about interpreting for\u00a0<strong>Hideki Matsui<\/strong> on the\u00a0<em><strong>Regis and Kathy Show<\/strong><\/em>. Plus, did you know that George played a role in helping the Yankees sign\u00a0<strong>Masahiro Tanaka<\/strong>? Watch and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fuA3cbHacfw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>************ What do people do after JET? Here&#8217;s one great example. On November 16, JETAA DC held the latest in their\u00a0JET Talks series with a talk by\u00a0JET alum George Rose\u00a0(Fukushima-ken, 1989-91), former interpreter for Hideki Irabu and current Director of Pacific Rim Operations for the New York Yankees, not to mention former JETAA NY President. 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