Stephenson, ’Bows go back 39 years, give or take a few

By Ferd Lewis

POSTED: 08:33 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2012

~~<p>The exact year is something that Gene Stephenson says the passing of the decades has made him a little fuzzy on.</p>
<p>But whether the fortuitous friendship with Les Murakami and enduring relationship with the University of Hawaii baseball team had its remarkable beginnings in 1973, as he suspects, or  ’74, hardly matters now. Only that it is renewed tonight at Murakami Stadium.</p>
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The exact year is something that Gene Stephenson says the passing of the decades has made him a little fuzzy on.

But whether the fortuitous friendship with Les Murakami and enduring relationship with the University of Hawaii baseball team had its remarkable beginnings in 1973, as he suspects, or ’74, hardly matters now. Only that it is renewed tonight at Murakami Stadium. Login for more...