Media
Great Leap’s work not only lives in the hearts of communities, but also within the moments we’ve shared on stage, in the streets, and across the airwaves.
From archival highlights to recent features, this is your all-access look at Great Leap in action.
Use the links to explore and navigate through the different parts of our story.
Videos:
Gov’t Shutdown Halts Manzanar Baseball Project (Fox News, Oct 14, 2025)
Manzanar Doubleheader Teaser
Baseball returns to former Japanese American incarceration camp in California
Baseball returns to Manzanar (Fox News)
Press / Articles:
THE SMITHSONIAN MAG The Moving Story of Bringing Baseball Back to Manzanar, Mar. 27, 2025
THE CONVERSATION Baseball Returns after a Historic Field was Restored, Oct 14, 2025
LA TIMES
As Shohei Ohtani takes center stage, remembering baseball at Manzanar prison campNY TIMES
In an Internment Camp, All They Had Was Baseball. A New Generation Is Back to Play.KCRW
Japanese American internment camp site plays ballNPR
Japanese American baseball teams play on a WWII internment camp's restored diamond
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Videos
Manzanar Doubleheader Teaser
Sharing some of the great media coverage we received for this historic event, plus a little bit of All-Star Game action. NOTE: This video is not about field restoration process. That will be a separate documentary.
Baseball returns to former Japanese American incarceration camp in California
On NBC News: A California baseball field where Japanese Americans played while held at an incarceration camp during World War II has been restored, and the game is once again being played there to honor the memory of those who endured a dark chapter in America's history. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.
Baseball returns to Manzanar
For the first time in 80 years, baseball is being played at Manzanar.
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