As Shohei Ohtani takes center stage, remembering when he'd have been in a prison camp

"Manzanar is a monument to failure," said Dan Kwong, 69, who helped restore the field, organized the game and played first base for his team, the Li'l Tokyo Giants. His mother and her family had been incarcerated at the camp, he said, and "today, we're trying to respond to the failure by educating people."

Mike Furutani, 56, a powerfully built former U.S. Marine and pitcher for the Lodi team, said his uncles were incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Camp in Wyoming. "They never talked about it," he said over the slap of balls striking leather as players warmed up around him Saturday morning.

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