Taiwan has been clobbering Hong Kong and China in the Little League and Pony League Asia Pacific regional tournaments. In the Bronco division, Taiwan defeated Hong Kong 29-0 (!) in a matchup that played like an unintentionally comic Pacific theatre re-enactment of the Bad News Bears, sans the uplifting unexpected comeback.
Hearts went out […]

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Nikkan sports has released a list of the major players in Japan who will become free agents after the 2008 season. Uehara Koji heads a list that includes Chunichi’s Kawakami Kenshin and prized lefty Iwase Hitoki–all of whom should command high salaries from MLB clubs.
And then there’s the rumor that that one Dervish? Delvish? […]

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Introducing Wei Shengchu, doctor, acupuncturist, beautician, and Guinness world record holder for sticking 1,790 pins into his body at one time. According to Danwei, Wei set heads turning in Guangzhou yesterday when he stuck 205 miniature flags, representing the 205 countries and regions that will participate in this year’s Olympic Games, into his scalp. To top it […]

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I think most knowledgeable MLB fans have at least minor complaints with fan voting at the All-star game. There’s always at least one completely undeserving player — like Alfonso Soriano this year — voted in. Fortunately, for the most part, baseball blogs don’t bother with this topic…it’s an argument better suited to sportstalk radio.
But […]

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