STEALING HOME J. Torres David Namisato Kids Can Press
VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA SUMMER 1941 THE ASAHI BASEBALL TEAM HAD FANS ALL OVER VANCOUVER BUT FOR US THEY WERE THE HOME TEAM THE PRIDE OF POWELL STREET THE CHAMPIONS OF THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CHOP SUEY
BASEBALL WAS MORE THAN A SPORT TO US IT WAS LITERALLY THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WHERE WE WERE EQUAL TO EVERYONE ELSE Asahi THE ASAHI WERE MORE THAN A BASEBALL TEAM THEY WERE HEROES WHO TOOK US AWAY FROM IT ALL THEY HELPED US FORGET OUR TROUBLES EVEN IF JUST FOR ONE AFTERNOON
