The NPB has thrown down a  ruling in the Junichi Tazawa situation, stating that Japanese amateur players that opt to make themselves eligible to sign with major league teams will be subject to a 2-3 year ban should they ever attempt to return.
Tazawa is a Japanese amateur pitcher who in September told Nippon Professional [...]

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The Angles have signed pitcher Jang Pil-Joong, a 6′2, 190 lb. right-hander from South Korea. Jang is an interesting case because following high school he was pursued by, and was expected to sign with an MLB team, and thus was not drafted by a KBO team. Instead of signing with a Korean team as [...]

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Mostly I’m excited because I’m now able to use the Rapping Bureaucrats category for just the third time. Here’s Secretary General of the United Nations Bam Ki-moon, um, rapping some lyrics penned by Jay-Z. Wild.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7U9e8CS_0

Ostensibly I have no problem with either Jay-Z or Bam, or even people rapping in the UN. I don’t pay a [...]

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