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EWC Favorites Face Off in Battle For Dodgers Fifth Spot…Park Chan-ho in the Lead?

March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
I made a few jokes at Park Chan-ho’s signing of a minor league deal with the Dodgers, so it’s only fair I be ready to eat crow at any sign of life on his part.
Call me crazy, but I think it’s fair to say this LA Times report is suggesting Park, who pitched three perfect […]

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Random Baseball Memory #2

March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
I found this at my parent’s house during my recent visit. My guess is I’m about 12 here. I was beside myself upon hearing that a personal player card option was being added to the usual team photo, which, if your parents were so inclined, could also contain a solo photo of you kneeling, wearing […]

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And We’ll Do it Always, Yes Always, Makin’ Our Dreams Come True — North Korean Beer

March 11th, 2008 · 8 Comments

For a while this beer was bottled and sold by a guy in Seoul and I drank it every chance I got. Funny enough, I remember the bottles always looking a little scratched up. Turns out they were from China. Go figure.
Unfortunately, as this Yahoo! article details the Taedonggang beer is no longer sold outside North […]

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Debunking Garland Myths

March 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

You know who’s going to have a good 2008? Jon Garland. He’s one of the more misunderstood players in MLB and today I came across an article (via BBTF) debunking a lot of the myths that seem to have surrounded this guy for years.
A lot of the reasons people overlook him are pretty superficial. For […]

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Former KBO Player Named as Suspect in Missing Persons Report, Then Found Dead

March 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Some pretty wild happenings over the past couple days here in Korea as a former baseball star Lee Ho-seong, who played for the Haitai (now Kia) Tigers during the late 80s/early 90s, was believed to have been connected in the disappearance of a woman and her three daughters, only to turn up dead in Seoul’s […]

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