{"id":51542,"date":"2025-10-18T20:36:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=51542"},"modified":"2025-10-18T20:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:36:22","slug":"jet-alum-author-completes-trilogy-of-books-on-jet-and-japanese-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/18\/jet-alum-author-completes-trilogy-of-books-on-jet-and-japanese-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"JET alum author completes trilogy of books on JET and Japanese baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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James McKnight<\/a> (Gunma-ken, 2001-03)<\/strong> recently published Life, Love & Baseball in Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, the third book in his series in which he shares stories of life as a JET and his experiences as a devoted Hanshin Tigers fan. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Here’s a synopsis in James’ own words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Basically, I went to Japan on vacation in 2000 and met some fervent Hanshin Tigers fans when I dared to enter the Koshien left field bleachers on my own for a Giants v. Tigers game. Of course the Tigers lost to the Hideki Matsui-led Giants, but the experience left a deep impression on me since I had always been a fan of underdog teams like the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners. I kept in touch with the fans I met that night and eventually moved to Japan in 2001 to work as a JET ALT. Unfortunately, I was placed in Gunma-ken, not Kansai as I requested, so I was far from Koshien. This did not deter me and I reunited with my friends and became a member of the ouendan they led. I ended up living in Gunma for 12 years and followed the Tigers at home and away games the entire time I lived there.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Upon moving back to the U.S., I felt my experiences with my Tigers friends changed my life so much that I wanted to share my stories with other baseball fans and people interested in Japanese culture\/education. My first book, “Yellow & Black Fever,” was published on Amazon in 2020, followed by “Bad Foreigner,” in 2021. The first book was translated into Japanese and separated into two short versions in 2022 & 2023.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My most recent book, “Life, Love & Baseball in Japan -The Final Chapter,” follows my experiences from 2006-2013 following the Tigers as well as life events like starting a family in Japan and learning how to adapt to being a full-time English teacher (not an ALT) in a college-prep school.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

————— James McKnight (Gunma-ken, 2001-03) recently published Life, Love & Baseball in Japan, the third book in his series in which he shares stories of life as a JET and his experiences as a devoted Hanshin Tigers fan. Here’s a synopsis in James’ own words: “Basically, I went to Japan on vacation in 2000 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,305,408,1216,282,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-cultural-outreach","category-jet-alum-author-beat","category-life-as-a-jet","category-jet-roi","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t