I’ll admit it. I really started rationalizing my dislike for football (soccer) when I started writing about baseball. The two are connected and I live in a country where baseball was once the national game, but it no longer is because the people love football.
A few days ago at my apartment complex I saw some […]

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Former Colorado Rockies second-basemen and current Yomiuri Giant Luis Gonzalez was suspended Tuesday for taking clobenzorex, amphetamine and parahydroxyamfetamine — all stimulants banned by the NPB. The suspension is for one year, but Yomiuri has already said it plans to release the 28-year-old Venezuelan.
From Japanball:
”We want to believe that he did not take those substances […]

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Terrific photo capturing the winning run of the Blue Dragon — Korea’s oldest high school tournament. Daegu beat Kyungnam (Busan) with a double to the gap in the bottom of the ninth inning. The final score was 2-1.
I saw both teams several times while scouting the Blue Dragon. I might have predicted Kyungnam would win […]

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I’ve never been a big Mike Piazza fan, but it surprises me that people are debating his entry into the Hall of Fame. I was talking about catchers with some experts over the weekend — about the fact that it’s very difficult to find a good offensive catcher. Solid defensive catchers, guys who can throw out […]

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