If you read this site regularly you probably already know I’m (and Jackson too) a big fan of the war between the sabermetricians and journalists/scouts. I need to think of a catchy name and category for this. Feel free to help me out and make a suggestion in the comments section.
Here are a couple good [...]

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About a week ago I’d mentioned the Vice Guide to North Korea, dropping daily on VBS.TV in 14 increments, each lasting three or four minutes.
After a shaky (though, later important) beginning with Episode 1 at the South Korean DMZ  the series is taking off and is as good as I’d hoped. Don’t mistake, this isn’t [...]

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I guess it shouldn’t be all that surprising given his powerful role in a corporate entity, but 15 million bucks for 2008?
From the Biz of Baseball:
After receiving an extension that will keep him as commissioner of baseball until at least 2012, Bud Selig has been pulling in a nice paycheck to go with.
Last year, Selig [...]

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I’ve been meaning to mention that japanesebaseball.com recently launched a couple good looking blogs dedicated to three NPB teams.

First, off is Bayside West, dedicated to the Yokohama BayStars, written by none other than Westbay-san, the author of japanesebaseball.com, himself. He’s only got one update thus far, but I’m sure will have plenty to go over [...]

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It might seem that Elliot Spitzer had the most humiliating week in news on the heels of his call girl escapades in the big apple this week .  But a new candidate has suddenly emerged: MLB journeyman player and Boston Red Sox scout (we’re assuming former at this point) Jesse Levis was accused [...]

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