It wouldn’t have taken a Buddhist astrologer to predict  that sometime in early October (this was prior to the weeks upon weeks  of rainouts) Doosan and SK would do battle be decide the champion of the Korean Baseball Organization.
Indeed the games needed to be played, but that formality  came to an end Tuesday evening [...]

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I’m watching the Korean feed of Game 4, Red Sox/Indians. The announcers are talking over matchups for the rest of the series…Game 5: Sabathia vs. Beckett, Game 6: Carmona vs. Schilling, Game 7: Matsuzaka vs. Westbrook.
But the announcer is crossing out Matsuzaka’s name and scribbling “Lester” in English. They’re chuckling a little…speculating. Legitimately speculating.
Things [...]

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While the Chiba Lotte Marines won the game on the field Tuesday night, it was the chess move pulled by  manager Bobby Valentine  late Monday that could have  fans  talking  for years to come.
Instead of of sending his ace Yoshihisa Naruse  to the hill, as  had been  expected,  Valentine gambled that Chiba Lotte would be [...]

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