Jackson: Alright, since we’ve spent time discussing the relative value (or lack thereof) of Yankee middle infielders, let’s move to the other side of the bag and talk about second basemen, which is always a dilemma because of the scarcity of top producers there. In our Kingman league, Robinson Cano has been the catalyst for […]

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PT from an article in Nikkan Sports:
A 16-year-old male gamer infatuated with the gothic dress worn by the fictional princess in an online role-playing game has been arrested for hacking into the game company’s servers and scamming a boatload of virtual money.
The game, called Mabinogi, is inspired by Celtic mythology, of South Korean orgin, but […]

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I’m a day late with this if you live in the east, but the China Beat has a good post largely concerning an article published by the New York Times on January 25, 1938, about the ongoing occupation of the Guomindang capital, better known as Nanjing, by Japanese troops.
From the NYT article:
“Stripping away all the Japanese […]

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Why, Kunta Kinte of course!

And yes, this place specializes in 흑맥주 (black beer).

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Baseball America has a feature on prospectsthat touch triple digits on the radar gun and what that means for their future as major leaguers.
Pitchers with premium velocity have an advantage because their heat gives themselves a bit more margin for error. A quicker fastball has a better chance of missing bats, keeping the ball out […]

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