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title: "Diamonds in the Rough: Zeni and the Legacy of Japanese-American Baseball"
date: 2021-12-27T05:43:46-06:00
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# Diamonds in the Rough: Zeni and the Legacy of Japanese-American Baseball

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita pays tribute to Kenichi Zenimura, the "father of Japanese-American baseball," sharing how baseball helped many of the 120,000 Japanese-Americans relocated to internment camps during WWII. Including anecdotes of Zeni with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, we learn how baseball helped transcend bigotry and hatred to bring pride and respect to Japanese-Americans who loved the game.

- **Type:** Film
- **Directors:** Kerry Yo Nakagawa, Chip Taylor, Gan Hanada
- **Cast:** Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
- **Released:** 2004
- **Runtime:** 32 min
- **Genre:** [Documentary](https://janson.com/streaming?genre=documentary)
- **Language:** [English](https://janson.com/streaming?language=english)

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