With the site outage I never got to share my thoughts on the Asia Series tournament I went to over the weekend. This is going to be part travelogue and part baseball — in two parts.
I’m more free to write about this because I don’t scout Japan and I wasn’t going for any specific purpose [...]

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There was a great article on pitching in The Hardball Times a few days ago. Don’t miss it. Called A mechanical model of pitching, it’s pretty basic physics if you know your pitching mechanics, but if you don’t, or have been afraid to ask, this will help get you up to speed.
The ideas are based [...]

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Currently sitting in Newark airport during a 6 hour delay awaiting return to Taiwan from the Perfect Game USA tournament in Jupiter, Florida, a 5-day overwhelming extravaganza featuring top high school prospects from the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Strictly for the hard core, the tournament featured games from 8:00 AM until 10:30 PM on [...]

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Back in August. 90 degrees and near 90% humidity. Cuba and Korea are facing off for the second of two pre Olympic exhibitions in Seoul. I’m watching the game at Jamsil Stadium with Dan from MyKBO and it’s only the first or second inning. We’re sitting in the first row of the reserved seating  but [...]

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It’s been a pretty exciting year so far. I got an email from Aaron recently reminding me that the EWC first-year anniversary is coming up. As expected, we’re hosting a party at New York City’s Plaza Hotel featuring P-Diddy, Reon Kadena, Tadano Kazuhito, Bai Xin Hui, and a number of other celebs. We’ve [...]

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The Detroit Tigers’ first Taiwan signing is left-handed hitting outfielder Tang Chao-Ting. The 20-year old Tang Stands at 5′11 and weighs 176 pounds, and has joined the GCL Tigers’ rookie league squad. Tang marks the first MLB signing by first-year Taiwan-based area scout Allen Lin. The Director of International Scouting for the [...]

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