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- ↑ Marsha Lederman, "Japanese baseball feature leads off Vancouver International Film Festival". The Globe and Mail , September 3, 2014.
- ↑ Bethany Lindsay, "Baseball film hits home run at VIFF; The Vancouver Asahi takes people's choice award". Vancouver Sun , October 11, 2014.