The present article shows, based in the ethnographic perspective, the baseball in Brazil and its links with the Japanese traditions. This discussion shows the practise of the Brazilian baseball is to comprehend as the Japanese descendants, who came and settled in Brazil, they adapted their characteristic life style to a physical and cultural space so different to that left in the east. The conclusions indicate that in despite of the initial association with the Japanese culture the basebal is today a "mestizo" modality, once that there is every time more Japanese descendent who practise it.O presente artigo apresenta, com base na perspectiva etnográfica, o beisebol no Brasil e sua vinculação com as tradições japonesas. Analisou-se a prática do beisebol brasileiro a partir do ponto de vista dos descendentes de japoneses, que vieram e se instalaram no Brasil, adequaram um estilo de vida próprio e característico a um espaço físico e cultural tão diverso daquele deixado no extremo Oriente. Apesar da associação inicial com a cultura japonesa o beisebol brasileiro é hoje uma modalidade 'mestiça', uma vez que é cada vez maior o número de descendentes de ocidentais que a praticam. The present article shows, based in the ethnographic perspective, the baseball in Brazil and its links with the Japanese traditions. This discussion shows the practise of the Brazilian baseball is to comprehend as the Japanese descendants, who came and settled in Brazil, they adapted their characteristic life style to a physical and cultural space so different to that left in the east. The conclusions indicate that in despite of the initial association with the Japanese culture the baseball is today a "mestizo" modality, once that there is every time more Japanese descendent who practise it.