Shanghai Sunrise

Some speculation about spring training games in China next year
Matsuzaka throws one of his best games of the year to help the Red Sox clinch their first division title since 1995
On the same day the Sox ink 18-year-old Taiwanese catching prospect Chen Chia-chu 
Taiwanese slugger Lin Wei-zhu, in just his second game back from an […]

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Samsung capped off a terrible week by edging the Lotte Giants 2-1 to end a six game losing streak that saw the team drop to the No. 4 position in the Korean Baseball Organization.

The streak included a three game sweep of Samsung by the Hanwha Eagles who now hold a 2 1/2 game lead over the […]

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At long last Baek Cha-seung returned from a near two month trip to the DL with shoulder inflammation. He made a Thursday start versus the Indians B-squad and looked fantastic only yielding a run in 6 innings of work. The 4-1 win was his first since May 31.
The blog Mariners blog Lookout Landing has a report along with […]

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Expatriates adapt to their experience in Asia in different ways and come from many different walks of life. Some are curious, intelligent travelers looking to expand their horizons, experience the joys of living abroad, learn new languages, and have new experiences. Some are wai guo ren hit with yellow fever looking for sexual conquest with […]

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Igawa Kei got a surprise start for an injured Roger Clemens against the Devil Rays on Tuesday. It was his first start since being recalled Sept. 9.
His line was an impressive 5IP 2H 0ER–the one blight was 5 walks. He might have been in line for a win because the Yankees went up 4-0 on a 2nd inning grand […]

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In what started as a promising season for Choo Shin-soo ended with the young outfielder going under the knife on Tuesday.
Choo will reportedly be able to swing a bat by spring 2008, but there is some doubt whether he will be ready to play in the field. The surgery was on his left elbow. Choo bats and throws lefthanded.
Choo, who was acquired […]

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If you’ve ever been to Japan, you’ve doubtlessly seen the curious, slightly fun yet vaguely creepy looking game parlors featuring contestants in a trance-like state smoking and playing what looks like a combination of a pinball game and slot machine.

In fact, Pachinko is a 28 trillion Yen industry yearly. This article from the Japan Times gets […]

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The Chunichi Dragons leapfroged over the Yomiuri Giants by percentage points behind Hirokazu Ibata’s 3 RBI in last night’s 7-5 win.
Closer Hitoki Iwase gave up a home run to Shinnosuke Abe, but was able to close the door for his 41st save on the year. 
The home run was Abe’s 32nd, leaving him two behind former Expos farmhand Tyrone Woods for […]

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Make your life happy with Shiratori Yuriko
(Not work safe)

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(Post and Photo Courtesy of Taiwan Baseball)

18-year-old SS Kuo Yen-Wen has signed with the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds now have two Taiwanese players in Kuo & LHP Chiu Tzu-Kai. For more information on Kuo, including You Tube footage, see this post. Kuo is the fourth player signed by a ML organization from the 2006 junior […]

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Even if you’re not a Red Sox the Fire Brand of the American League is worth a couple views a week. Recently up is on the site is Who Should Pitch in October?
This should give you an indication of the piece’s tone:
The magic number to make the playoffs is three. Let’s not fool ourselves: we’re […]

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If you sneezed you might have missed Igawa Kei’s first appearance with the Yankees in nearly two months.
Kei, who was called up Sept. 9, was inserted in the top of the 8th inning, the Blue Jays up 11-9, Alex Rios on second and Greg Zaun at first.
Igawa was up in the strike zone the entire AB. Luna fouled […]

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 Kuala Lumpur sunrise

Panamanian slugger Julio Zuleta, who has been mentioned as an MLB bound possibility, hits for the cycle with 7 RBI to lead Chiba Lotte Marines to a 9-2 win
Korea–not quite ready for Limatime
Editorial from the Chosunilbo that ties sports training and education to the artifice plaguing Korean society today
Stats blog has a chart showing the […]

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In years past it wasn’t uncommon for a major league player to interrupt a promising career to serve in the military. These days you don’t see it so much. However, for Koreans there is no choice. All men are required to serve a 26-month military service before they turn 25.
It’s possible that if not for his army service […]

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Kim Tae-gyun hit HR number 21 on the year and former Rays farmhand Cedric Bowers struck out 10 over 7 innings to lead the Hanhwa Eagles over division leading SK 3-1 to move within a 1/2 game of Samsung in the race for the No. 3 seed.
Bowers, who has his first name on the back of his Hanwha […]

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Twenty-two North Korean women in bathing suits looking at battleships out on the sea. According to the site, the women are also in the military.

For somewhat of a more accurate view of what the DPRK is like check out this fascinating photo essay done by ghosttreemedia.
[Cap tip to Marmot’s Hole]

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Ideally, we here at East Windup Chronicle would be filing reports about a trans-Pacific league. A reports on the Taipei Pirates/New York Yankees series has a nice ring to it.
For the time being we have Hawaiian Winter Baseball. While its not the Fukuoka Brewers and Busan Marlins facing off in a July series with national […]

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Winning 20 isn’t common in the Korean league. If Daniel Rios wins tonight when his Doosan Bears take on the Hyundai Unicorns (6:30 SBS Sports in Korea), he’ll be the first in eight years to do it.
The KBO only plays a 132-game season and pitchers rarely exceed 200 innings, yet Rios is set to accomplish […]

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MLBTraderumors has an interesting post about the 10 best trades of 2007.
One trade that didn’t quite make the Top 10, however, was the July 28th trade of Phillies farmhand Michael Dubee to the White Sox for Iguchi Tadahito.

Iguchi wasn’t doing much on a White Sox team going nowhere. Chase Utley was injured, and the Phillies […]

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In our last installment, we took a look Kosuke Fukudome’s MLB prospects.  In this installment, we take a look at the arms coming out of Japan’s NPB, as there are quite a few that should make an immediate impact in the show and help bring the spoils of victory to fantasy owners. 

ON THE VERGE: Koji Uehara, Pitcher, […]

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