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RP: Florin also had a baseball team, too, didn't they?
ST: Yes. I played baseball and I was a pitcher a few times.
RP: Were you?
ST: And a catcher. And then I played shortstop.
RP: Was that a softball team that you played on or...
ST: Uh-huh. Softball, yeah. No, baseball was too hard for us.
RP: But the, but the town didn't have a baseball team?
ST: Yes, they had a baseball, they had a fairly good baseball team. They... the older men were very good ballplayers.
RP: Did any of your brothers play on that team?
ST: Yes, my brother Daniel played. I don't know about David. I don't think he did. And then of course Leo and Sei, they were too young.
RP: So would you go regularly to watch baseball games?
ST: Oh, yes. I still remember. I would be about two or three miles, I would walk by myself. Nobody else wanted to go so I would go and watch the baseball. I really liked the baseball. Hot day, that's what I remember.
RP: You were a very dedicated fan.
ST: Yes, I was a...
RP: Walked three miles.
ST: Maybe because I had a special friend, too.
RP: Who was that?
ST: His name was Bill and he was, he was one of the top players.
RP: What was his last name?
ST: Tsukamoto.
RP: Tsukamoto.
ST: Uh-huh. He, he was a very good ball player.
RP: Bill Tsukamoto was, was he related to Mary Tsukamoto?
ST: No. It's a different family.
RP: Oh, okay.
ST: He and I were classmates, too. He was a real nice guy but he died early, too.
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