Not sure where our All-star reader (and scout) Mark snapped this (could it be at Safeco?), but I’m sure there are a number of Seattle-area stores having similar sales this week. I’d love to see an interview with someone who actually buys one of these.
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Also, check out Lookout Landing’s coverage of the momentous […]

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Most people have probably heard that a South Korean tourist was killed by a North Korean soldier over the weekend. I — like any other member of the foreign community in Korea — have been very interested to see how this will be handled by the South Korean side (government, media and public included).
Several of the […]

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I don’t have a big comment on this, but this is how it goes down. Yahoo!’s Jeff Passan interviews Team USA GM Bob Watson as he gets phone calls about how all-world prospects like the Twins Denard Span don’t end up on Team USA.
Well,” Watson said two minutes later, “that was the Twins’ GM. […]

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I can say with certainty if this game were played in Korea it would be called Us vs. Them or Foreigners vs. Us. On the cusp of All-star Weekend MLB tones this idea down just a touch, but still calls it the awkward Team USA vs. Team World.
It is…The Futures Game
The hero of the game […]

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Initially this was going to be a post about the fact that Ichiro was entering this year’s Home Run derby. Simon found an article reporting as much, but now that idea has been refuted. It’s too bad because it would have given me a reason to watch for more than five minutes. According to Simon’s […]

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