Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterApr 17, 2024, 03:59 PM ET CloseSenior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) MICHAEL CROTTA DIDN'T know anybody or much of anything when he arrived to play professional baseball in Sapporo, Japan, in February 2014. His lack of knowledge of a new culture, and a little nervousness at the prospect of assimilating into