Asian-American manager marks MLB milestone
China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-21 08:04
SEATTLE: Don Wakamatsu is proud to be the first Asian-American manager in Major League Baseball history. He's also keenly aware of what his grandparents endured, generations before he took over the Seattle Mariners.
During World War II, the United States government moved his Japanese ancestors across the country from one internment camp to another. Wakamatsu's father, an iron worker, was born in one.
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