VBS.tv, makers of the all-world Vice Guide to North Korea have issued another gem in and of Asia. This time the subject is Yang Lei, one of the contestants in the 2006 version of the show Super Girl, which was kind of like a Chinese-style American Idol.
Super Girl was a sensation in China. The show [...]

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Driveline Mechanics has a full breakdown of one of my favorite pitchers — Justin Duchscherer of the A’s. Funny enough (or lamely enough depending on your point of view) one of the big reasons I’ve always liked Duchscherer is because he often slips in fantasy drafts. This year I was able to get him at [...]

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The ins and outs of this kind of situation are always interesting to follow and this one has a bit of a twist. Dayan Viciedo, a 19-year-old outfielder that Baseball America says is “generally regarded as Cuba’s best teen talent,” apparently defected to the United States in May. His agent is Jaime Torres, who [...]

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In an attempt to help Japanese men overcome shyness  a Japanese company has released a DVD filled with 96 minutes of women (representing various nationalities) silently staring you in the eye. But this ain’t no JAV thang (Note: Jackson explained JAV to me — I had no idea).
This is just women (and girls)  staring. Like [...]

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Is it a Jackson Pollack painting?
No, it’s behind home plate of Chiayi County Stadium, one of the sites of the very wet Yu-Shan Cup high school tournament going on in the past week in Chiayi, Douliou, and Taichung. Taiwan’s major baseball schools have been meeting, and eager parents, scouts, and teams are looking [...]

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