It was a golden opportunity for Daegu’s finest. The Lions loaded the bases against Doosan ace Kim Sun-woo, proceeded to chase him from the game and take a 4-0 lead.  With starter Bae Yeong-su throwing well the team  looked to be in position to hand the game over to its vaunted  bullpen.
But in the end [...]

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The name Aya Sugimoto might ring a bell for a few — she’s a fascinating woman. She was well-known as a entertainer (mostly a pop singer), but she really blew up in 2003, when she went through a high-profile divorce from her husband of 11 years, claiming there wasn’t enough sex in her marriage. [...]

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You may or may not have noticed the links in the left hand column to a site called Far Outliers, which was kind enough to post two excerpts from Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball by Robert K. Fitts, who I interviewed here.
One of the excerpts, titled American Influence on Japanese Baseball, 1953 [...]

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It’s taken me a few days to bring myself to write about Korean baseball after the Giants debacle, but the other night I saw a special on the 2001 Doosan/Samsung Korean Series (won by Doosan)  and it kicked my interest back up. The Bears and Lions are hallmarks of the Korean league,  are the [...]

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