Baseball Comes to Japan

THE JOURNEY OF LEFTY GOMEZ
Rare footage from the personal archives of Hall of Fame, New York Yankees pitcher, Lefty Gomez. Go to www.LeftyGomez.com for more.

In 1934, a famed team of baseball's American All-Stars, toured Japan and catalyzed the formation of Japanese professional baseball. The team included Babe Ruth, Lefty Gomez, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Earl Averill, Bing Miller, Moe Berg and others. These clips include the personal 16mm films of Lefty Gomez, which were discovered by his daughter, Vernona Gomez, while writing the book "LEFTY An American Odyssey".

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