Forget Global Warming, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, or the economy. For the last 7 days, media in China and the territories has been focused on one event only-a mega sex scandal of epic proportions featuring several of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong’s biggest celebrities.
Apparently wannabe rapper Edison, who makes some of the world’s most atrocious […]

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Just got this from MLBTR:
According to Sankei Sports, the Nippon Ham Fighters are willing to post starter Yu Darvish if he wants to play in the Majors. A possible posting fee in excess of Daisuke Matsuzaka’s $51MM is a big factor.
Maybe one of our Japanese speakers can read the article and weigh in on this. […]

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There was a ruling on the Jermey Powell situation yesterday. You may remember this recent post, detailing how two teams, Orix Buffaloes and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, were claiming to have signed the pitcher to valid contracts.
So how will the NPB handle the situation? For the time being Powell will have to sit out the […]

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Great post on the China Beat debunking five of the most well-known urban legends involving Shanghai.
Number four on the list concerns something that was the subject of one of the most famous scenes of Bruce Lee’s film career — a sign supposedly posted in front of a Shanghai park banning “Dogs and Chinese” from entering.
Here’s […]

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In other Nats news the team signed Japanese pitcher Katsuhiko Maekawa to a minor league deal. You may remember I had a bit of fun at the expense of Maekawa and the Nationals a couple months ago when the team was first expressing interest.
But actually I see a no-harm-no-foul situation here. Yes, Maekawa was busted […]

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It might sound a little funny to say, but I think a significant factor in the 2008 season is going to be the opening of the Nationals new stadium – which for the time being has been dubbed Nationals Park.
I think Washington will hang around in the NL East. I can’t say I think they’ll win […]

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