Sorry folks, but I’ve got to do a link dump. I’ve been pretty busy the past few days, and as a result I’ve got a backlog of things I wanted to get out there.
Bugs and Cranks’ writer, and occasional EWC contributor, David Chalk penned something on Yahoo! about the G-POPE, and why the Rays should […]

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Bandar Seri Begawan Sunrise

In the biggest signing by a Japanese team�thus far the Hanshin Tigers agreed to terms with free agent�slugger Takahiro Arai
Yu Darvish and the Japanese national team easily beat Australia in an Olympic Qualifying tuneup
Add a couple more games�to those qualifyers too
Have to keep following this Yi is better than Yao idea
And on […]

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KaoHsiung Sunrise

A piece in the Guardian debates whether EPL (English Premier League) or baseball will truly become the world’s sport
Baseball legend Kazuhisa Inao, who once pitched his team to victory in four straight Japan Series games,�dies in Fukuoka
ESPN columnist makes a case�(albeit an early one) for Yi to be NBA rookie of the year
Apparently not […]

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Jakarta Sunrise
 
A look at Lu Jiangang, the first Chinese professional player in Japan, now playing for the Chinese national team
A story about the lumps Team China took in the Arizona Fall League
Clemens claims he’ll pitch for Team USA in China if he’s healthy
Story about a Cambodian living in Mississippi and his quest to bring baseball […]

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Karachi Sunrise
 
 
A last peak at the final out of the Chunichi Dragons series clinching perfect game
Yes, finally, Cal Ripken at the Great Wall
Korea and captain Park Chan-ho begin training for the pre-Olympic qualifiers in early Dec.
The Nippon Ham Fighters announce Fernando Seguignol is history the day after losing in the championship (from Japan Baseball Daily)
Rumors of […]

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Manilla Sunrise

Matsuzaka won the game, but not the war 
Opening Day: White Elephants and the Stockings
From the media who reported Shawn Kemp was coming to Korea this year
Korean Coach Yoo Seung-ahn says that Park Chan-ho may play in the Asian Preliminaries for the Beijing Olympics
Hmmm…Newly appointed Yakult Swallows manager Shigeru Takada says he wants to make […]

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Chongqing Sunrise

 
Hiroki Kuroda tells the Hiroshima Carp he’s opting out of the last three years of his four-year contract to find work in the U.S.
Interesting look back at when Kaz Matsui landed in New York and why he didn’t succeed
A case is made for the Yankees to hire Bobby Valentine, too bad he’s already committed […]

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Seoul Sunrise

Must read post on Yi Jianlian, Milwaukee, and reverse prejudice at The Situationist
Staying on the topic of race in the NBA–White Privilege: It’s Not Steve Nash’s Fault–but it exists (my emphasis)
Chunichi beats Hanshin 5-3 for a 2-0 series sweep vaulting them into the Central League Championship Series versus the Yomuri Giants
Two home runs by catcher Tomoya Satozaki powered […]

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Ho Chi Minh City Sunrise
 
 

Via JapanBall.com: Nomo Hideo announces he’s playing in the Venezuelan Winter League after rehabbing his injured right elbow for over two years
Oh Sadaharu, who had his stomach removed earlier in the year due to cancer, hints that he will manage the playoff-bound Soft Bank Hawks for another season 
However, Tsutomu Ito of the […]

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Shanghai Sunrise

Some speculation about spring training games in China next year
Matsuzaka throws one of his best games of the year to help the Red Sox clinch their first division title since 1995
On the same day the Sox ink 18-year-old Taiwanese catching prospect Chen Chia-chu 
Taiwanese slugger Lin Wei-zhu, in just his second game back from an […]

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 Kuala Lumpur sunrise

Panamanian slugger Julio Zuleta, who has been mentioned as an MLB bound possibility, hits for the cycle with 7 RBI to lead Chiba Lotte Marines to a 9-2 win
Korea–not quite ready for Limatime
Editorial from the Chosunilbo that ties sports training and education to the artifice plaguing Korean society today
Stats blog has a chart showing the […]

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Taipei Sunrise
 

Yu Darvish ties a career high with 14 Ks and still has his eight game winning streak snapped by Chiba Lotte and 14-1 lefty Yoshihisa Naruse
Then his manager announced he’d be leaving after the season
Japanese scouts contemplate why the shoo-in for Korean pitcher of the year Daniel Rios hasn’t already made his way over […]

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Hong Kong Sunrise

Article detailing Korean pitcher Baek Cha-seung’s struggles, and his relationship with Jay Lee, a Korean who has helped acclimate several Korean players to living in the U.S.
From the Prague Post: one of the Bad News Czechs kept a journal during his team’s manhandling at the Olympic test matches in Beijing last month, and, in a separate […]

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Beijing Sunrise

Matsuzaka’s ex-pitching coach thinks something’s wrong with his former disciple

Akinori Iwamura’s bat is confiscated by Joe Torre during yesterday’s Yankees game

Forbes takes a look at the future of MLB player development in Asia.

I’ll take one latte with a double shot of trans-fat…and a mocha with whipped creamed meat

A Korea Beat […]

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