Family firsts

I didn't know any of this until a (second or third) cousin emailed this...

My great uncle by marriage on my father's side -- my grandmother older sister's husband -- is a "first" in sports history. His name was Kenso Nushida, and he was the first Japanese American to play professional baseball in the United States (keeping in mind that Hawai`i wasn't part of the US until 1959).

Okay, yes, it was certainly the minor leagues, the farm teams... but it was also 1932.

Pretty cool.

Here's a picture of him.