“Lefty” O’Doul was a man of peace and a humanitarian who went through life disguised as a baseball superstar. While O’Doul is best known for his lifetime batting average of .349, the fourth best in baseball history, few remember his mission to unite two bitter enemies four years after the end of WWII. The US occupied Japan for the first time in its long history, a shattered husk reeling from the destruction of war, atomic bombs, corruption, disease, and food shortages, along with a fractured economy, society, and a deep resentment of American occupation. Something had to be done.A member of Allied Commander General Douglas MacArthur’s staff knew of the Japanese’s passion for baseball and that “Lefty” was beloved for conducting baseball clinics in Japan since 1931. MacArthur’s response: “What are you waiting for?”O’Doul and his San Francisco Seals, a Pacific Coast League team he managed, were given a hero’s welcome. He greeted the sold-out stadium at the first game with “Tadaima”, meaning, “I am home.” The month-long tour and baseball clinics played out before half a million people and featured the flags of both countries being raised together while their anthems played for the first time since before the war. O’Doul also arranged for war orphans, shunned by society, to not only receive free tickets to a game but given the best seats in the house, stunning the Japanese press.A member of the Tokyo Board of Education wrote to O’Doul about the impact of the tour, claiming the event implanted sportsmanship and international brotherhood to children who would become the future leaders of Japan, and the perception of America as an ally and a friend. An astonished General MacArthur said it was one of the greatest acts of diplomacy in American history.While O’Doul died in 1969, the legacy of the 1949 Goodwill Tour of Japan resonates today. This incredible story has flown under the radar for 75 years. Until now.

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