I want to  blast Joe Torre for removing Hong-Chih Kuo after yielding a single to Ryan Howard in the 8th inning of yesterday’s Game 4, but I can’t cut loose here. Granted, he’d left Kuo in to hit/bunt for himself in the 7th, and the pitcher brought in (Cory Wade) had thrown two innings and [...]

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If you’re looking to get caught up with the final standings and leaders from the 2008 NPB season, give Westbay-san’s latest show a listen. He’s also got a full recap of the Orix/Nippon Ham series, which was up and over rather quickly with the Fighters 7-2 win on Sunday. Japanball.com also has a lengthy report [...]

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Don’t get me wrong, I was no fan of Jeorg Haider, but does anyone find this cartoon in yesterday’s Korea Times appropriate?

If Kim Jong-il were to die in a car crash  you’d be hard pressed to find anything approaching this in a Korean newspaper. Kim has been much more of a menace — not to [...]

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