I have to admit I’ve been kind of on the fence about a boycott of the ‘08 olympics. Part of me endorses it after watching the Chinese continue their abhorrent denial of human rights in Tibet, and hare-brained critiques of protesters by the Chinese government and apologists like Jackie Chan only make me further […]

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With only 6 teams and a league whose most intriguing moment thus far has been La New SS’s Lin Chi-Shen’s forearm clocking of an umpire, it seems a bit inane to do power rankings for the CPBL.  However, in the name of one day moving towards the glorious Pan-Asian majors we begin our weekly updates. 
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Shin Min-chul of the Samsung Lions gets a finger in the chest from the umpire after giving some lip following a called third strike. Check out the look on the base coach’s face as he pulls up in shock. Samsung lost the game 1-4.

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Geez. Almost missed this one.
Lee Demoted to Minor League
Struggling Lee Seung-yeop of the Yomiuri Giants was relegated to the minor league.
According to a Japanese news agency, the defending Central League champions demoted the 32-year-old lefty swinger after he went 0-for-3 and was taken out in the seventh inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows […]

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This kid’s on fire. I wasn’t planning on covering every one of his starts in Class A, but I may have to…he may not be there for long the way he’s going. This evening he threw six shutout innings and won his third game in three tries as the Peoria Chiefs beat the West Michigan […]

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