When I was  reminded  that the NFL was playing an exhibition game in London this week I couldn’t help but laugh.
Here comes the NFL. Within the same week that the NBA finishes a colossally successful exhibition tournament in China, and Major League Baseball is set to announce regular season games in Japan for 2008, [...]

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Figueroa’s Complete Game, Fielding Mistakes Finish off La New Bears as Tong Yi Wins 2007 Taiwan Series
Tainan’s Uni President Lions are the 2007 CPBL champions. The Lions won the rubber match in game 7 in Kaohsiung Sunday night, defeating the La New Bears 4-2 behind a dominating complete game start from SP Nelson Figueroa. Figueroa [...]

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Our man on the scene in New York brings you full blogging coverage of game 3, as Matsuzaka outguns the always, er, dangerous Josh Fogg.
• Giant Papi starting at first, with Yooooouk sitting: I don’t like this move much. I understand the need for Papi’s bat to be in the lineup, but I’d be [...]

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Manilla Sunrise

Matsuzaka won the game, but not the war  
Opening Day: White Elephants and the Stockings
From the media who reported Shawn Kemp was coming to Korea this year
Korean Coach Yoo Seung-ahn says that Park Chan-ho may play in the Asian Preliminaries for the Beijing Olympics
Hmmm…Newly appointed Yakult Swallows manager Shigeru Takada says he wants to [...]

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The question:
Is seung yop lee ever gonna come to the MLB? if he is, when is he coming?
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that guy is a great home run hitter, we all saw it at the world baseball classic, but why isnt he coming to play at MLB?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
His path to the MLB is blocked [...]

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The SK Wyvrens moved within one game of clinching its first ever KBO championship with a 4-0 win in Game 5 over the stunned Doosan Bears.
While the Wyvrens used the youth movement in Game 4 to achieve the 4-0 tally, Game 5  was all about the elders, namely longtime Lotte Giant and 13-year veteran [...]

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Kenshin Kawakami was phenomenal, allowing just two  hits over eight innings and setting down 21 straight batters for the Chunichi Dragons.
But he still lost.
Fernando Seguignol hit a 0-2 fastball into the seats in right-center for a 3-run HR. The shot was proceeded  the only two  walks Kawakami would yield in the game and it [...]

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After falling Behind 3 games to 1 in the 2007 Taiwan Series, Defending CPBL Champions La New Bears evened the series at 3 games each, forcing the deciding game 7 tomorrow afternoon in Kaohsiung. Last year’s series hero, DH Chen Chin- Fong, again came up big, driving in 5 runs on a pair of home [...]

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The EWC would like to welcome New Yawk City guest writer Juice as he blogs the 2007 World Series. When not holding it down on NYC basketball courts, rubbing elbows with Wall St. Journal writers, NYC governor Elliot Spitzer, or other Gawker-worthy luminaries in the Big Apple, our DC-born Brooklyn denizen blogs about and cheers [...]

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