Wearing a sponsor’s logo on a uniform is common practice in Asian baseball leagues, however in Major League Baseball it is not allowed unless it’s that of the manufacturer of the clothing.
However, when the Red Sox take the field against the Athletics in their season opening series in Japan this March, for the first time […]

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With things feeling a little tight how about some breathing room with a demonstration of the amazing holding power of plastic straps. As Chinese model Ying Ling will show you (so long as you aren’t at work) this technology has come a long way in recent years.
GSAW NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpLVKdLkG1o

(via TV in Japan)

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Good piece in the Asia Times by Andrei Lankov, one of the world’s foremost experts on North Korea and the geopolitics that surround it. Here he’s focusing on the domestic changes, or lack thereof, specifically in the marketplace, which he argues are moving toward 1990 rather than 2008.
These changes are considerable and should not encourage those […]

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Two of the league’s most prominent Canadians sounded off in recent days– Dominion-style: 
First off, Jason Bay, the pride of Trail, British Columbia, sounds really excited for 2008.
“I said I think it’s pretty obvious that this group of guys is not going to get it done,” Bay said Friday. “Some people think if we get to .500, that […]

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