Joe Posnanski: They bow to Trey Hillman. And they bow. And they bow. He walks through the winding tunnels of the Sapporo Dome, and it is a concrete maze — it took him two years as manager of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to figure out where he was going. He passes so many people bowing, it looks as if everyone has spontaneously decided to do the wave.
He pauses briefly in his walk to bow his head to each person. It’s an American bow, more of a nod, really. Walk. Nod. Walk. Hillman has never gotten used to all the bowing in Japan, but he long ago stopped thinking about it. Walk. Nod. Walk. He came to Japan five years ago to challenge himself. Walk. Nod. Walk. It’s a long way from Texas.
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