I’m lucky enough to be heading to the Asia Series tournament starting on Thursday in Tokyo. There’s no specific reason for me to go other than to do some training and I’m really looking forward to it. Three out of four lions isn’t bad, and fits better with the actual “Three Lions” English football song [...]

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By now this subject is pretty well worn, but it’s a still a valid question being bandied about and I’d like to get readers’ take on it. Simple question: If you were Jack Zduriencik on the heels of a 102-loss season, do you consider the unthinkable and trade Ichiro?
By now his [...]

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I doubt Pepero Day gets many props from the foreign community in Korea, but it’s my favorite Korean holiday of the year. You can read my Happy Pepero Day  post from last year, which includes a little history. For those of you hearing about this for the first time, Pepero is a cookie stick, dipped [...]

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There was a discussion in the comments section of a recent WBC News and Notes I did about the idea of bringing Kevin Youkilis, who is one of my favorite Red Sox, to Canada when the 2009 WBC kicks off for the U.S. team. For me, this begins an interesting discussion ultimately asking who should [...]

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