When I was recently interviewed for a piece in the JoongAng Daily one of the questions was to talk about the most amazing baseball moment that I’d witnessed in person. Seems like an obvious question any baseball fan might ask themselves at any point in time, but I hadn’t. If you’re like me you even […]

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The first time I broke out my digital camera for scouting purposes I slipped into the hallway that circles Mongduk Stadium in Seoul. I walked casually stopping in one of the bathrooms for no special reason. I continued down what I knew was the right field line, measuring the exact spot — pitcher’s mound, the […]

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I want to mention a few observations I had as the 42nd President’s Cup, which I was scouting through this last Monday, heads toward the final today (1 p.m. KBS for those living in Korea). For the most part Koreans don’t care about high school baseball anymore, but this wasn’t always the case. Many of the baseball schools were founded […]

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My Aunt Kathy died yesterday after a long battle with emphysema. Kathy was one of the most hilariously sarcastic people I’ve known, and — for better or for worse — probably had something to do with my own sarcasm and resulting cynicism. She used to call me the little prick, from the time I was […]

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Best pitching matchup of the season thus far? For my money it was today’s Dana Eveland/Shaun Marcum tilt at Rogers Centre. Both were throwing very well, but Eveland looks like a guy headed for a breakout year. For lack of a better word, he’s a gamer, and kind of flops around, looking perpetually restless. Not […]

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Woke up at 5:15 a.m. this morning (not on purpose). Decided to get up and check the Reds, who had already lost. Ended up watching the White Sox/Twins contest mostly because I picked up the Twins Nick Blackburn in a league. He was ok, but I’m really impressed by the White Sox over the past […]

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The timing of Opening Week, as MLB calls it, and the blooming of the cherry blossoms around here couldn’t have been more perfect.  Too bad these things only last a week. Here’s to the final weekend of both. It’s meant to rain Sunday.
I’m curious what was going through Marcus Giles mind as he stopped en route to […]

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The Korean broadcast of the Mets/Marlins was on in one room and the Yankees/Jays on MLB.com in the other. I walked back and forth, cleaned a little house and drank some coffee. Now that’s a morning.
I was already kicking around ideas in my head for a snide Josh Hamilton comment in this here space. Then […]

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