Japanese baseball legend Kazuhiro Kiyohara (ROY 1986) hasn’t played a full season in…well, forever. After sitting out the entire 2007 season following endoscopic surgery on his left knee Kiyohara, who is 5th all-time on the NPB homers list, will begin his 23rd spring training heading into 2008.
His game totals over the past few years read as […]

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Oh yes, roto drafting season is upon us and I recently had the chance to offer up my goods, er, participate in a 5×5 12-team draft that will be used by Yahoo! fantasy baseball columnist Andy Behrens for some upcoming joints. We’re going to play it out as well.
As is always the case, readers, if you […]

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Very odd situation in NPB in which pitcher Jeremy Powell apparently had a loose agreement to play with the Orix Buffaloes, and was faxed a two-page document in Japanese, which he apparently signed, not knowing that Orix had intended it to be a contract.
In the meantime he received another offer from another team, the Fukuoka […]

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I appoligize for all the food stuff in the past couple days. I don’t know what’s gotten into me. Maybe it’s that I’m heading to the states next week for a vacation and am anticipating being able to rest on my hind-quarters and eat off the infinate smogasboard that is America.
That said, one place I […]

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A couple big sources dropped their Top 100 prospect rankings today. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus lists Reds outfielder Jay Bruce at No. 1. He’ll compete with Norris Hopper and Ryan Freel for the starting center fielder job in Cincinnati. As someone who follows the Reds closely, I get the impression that at 20-years-old he’s still […]

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Don’t forget us….remember to call now and again, we can still be friends, can’t we?
You knew it was too good to be true and it wasn’t gonna last forever.   Pick up your chin and let this help ease the pain a bit.

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