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 the The Chiba Lotte Marines over  the Nippon Ham Fighters 8-1 to even their series at one game apiece

Former Kintetsu manager Nashida will replace  the Nippon  Ham Fighters outgoing manager Trey Hillman

The Ham Fighters look set to lose  General Manager Shigeru Takada as well

Takatsu Shingo, who was the closer for the Chicago White Sox for a hot minute, was released by his Japanese club, leaving the 17-year vet’s future in doubt

Lee Seung-yeop says he’s likely to return to Japan next year even if the Giants win the championship

Some Taiwanese playoff action via the Taiwan Baseball blog

What’s a  Matsuzaka-tini? I’ll take two

Hmm…do I watch my model train crush fetish DVD or my brand new one where The White House is crushed? (via Japundit)