Problems visualizing a description [closed]

Question

I am currently learning Japanese and for the Chinese characters, there is a really nice book that combines stories or images to each character. The problem is that sometimes the description is a bit difficult for a non native English speaker (I wasn't sure though where to ask this question, here or in the English learners stack). The Character is the following:

And I cite the description from the book:

This character is sort of a nickname for the Japanese flag with its well-known emblem of the rising sun. If you can picture two seams running down that great red sun, and then imagine it sitting on a baseball bat for a flagpole, you have a slightly irreverent-but not altogether inaccurate-picture of how the sport has caught on in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Can you picture this scene? And if yes, rephrase it in a simpler way?

Answer 1

This character is sort of a nickname for the Japanese flag (旭日旗/きょくじつはた） with its well-known symbol of the rising sun. If you can picture red stripes coming out of a great red sun, and then imagine the flag sitting on a baseball hat or a flagpole, you might have a slightly disrespectful, but a vivid mental picture of how the sport has become popular in the Land of the Rising Sun.

In Chinese and Japanese culture, when something is popular, we can say it's like a sun shining in the sky. However, 旭 particularly means the sun is rising.