What was it like to be a child on a summer day playing baseball in the vacant lot across the street? Read these stories written by real people, and go back with each to a place and a time when children made up their own rules about how they played baseball. Through Sandlot Stories the pure joy of playing baseball is captured through the childhood memories of people from around the world. It appeals to the Keizai Society’s Japanese and American members, especially to those to whom Sandlot Stories is a refreshing reminder of the universal joy of the game of baseball that we experienced as kids, regardless of where we played our sandlot(kusa-yakyu) game. - Nadine Kazuko Grant Keizai Society President This is my story, and yours, and that of every other kid that ever played the game. Reading these stories will bring back the smell of fresh cut grass, memories of friends long past, and take you back to a time when your life was all about just scoring the winning run. - Robert J. Day CEO, Pawnee Leasing Corporation.