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Wed, Jun 2 2010

Sun Spots: Baseball and Tennis

Sun Spots: Baseball and Tennis

Also tagged: 442nd, AEGON championships, ai miyazato, akinori iwamura, Bleacher Report, Cash Kruth, Chris Haft, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dave Kane, G Company, Geoffrey Dunn, ichiro suzuki, japanese american, Kei Nishikori, London, LPGA, major league baseball, Memorial Day Weekend, Michael Street, MLB.com, Monterey County Herald, Neil Walker, Pacific Perspectives, Rob York, Roland Garros, State Journal Register, Sun Spots, Tom Mine, Travis Ishikawa, Watsonville Kasei team, world baseball classic, world war II

Hope everyone had a thoughtful Memorial Day weekend. As a community, we must continue to honor the sacrifice of the Nisei generation and what they provided for all of us who came after. My grandfather...

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Mon, Mar 15 2010

MLB Preview Pt. 1: Rising Suns

MLB Preview Pt. 1: Rising Suns

Also tagged: akinori iwamura, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Chone Figgins, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Matsui, Hideki Okajima, hiroki kuroda, Hisanori Takahashi, Houston Astros, ichiro suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kaz Sasaki, Kazuo Matsui, Kei Igawa, Kenshin Kawakami, Koji Uehara, Kosuke Fukudome, los angeles angels of anaheim, los angeles dodgers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Randy Johnson, Ryohei Shimabukuro, Ryota Igarashi, Sandy Koufax, Seattle Mariners, Shohei Sekiguchi, Taiki Kawasaki, Takafumi Nakamura, Takashi Saito, Tom Glavine, Tomo Ohka, vladimir guerrero, Yoshinori Yamarin

By JORDAN IKEDA In this first of a three part series, I’ll be taking a look at the various Japanese players suiting up for the MLB this season. Parts two and three will focus on Asian Americans and...

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Wed, Jan 20 2010

Sun Spots: Some More Lin

Sun Spots: Some More Lin

Also tagged: ai miyazato, Colby Lewis, Crimson, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Eugene Chung, Harvard, Ichiro, Jeremy Lin, Jiyai Shin, John Farrell, Rich Harden, Wat Misaka

Been going through some changes here at Rafu and haven’t had a lot of time to post these weekly links. And when I have, they’ve been pretty sparse. Here’s a few to hopefully tide you...

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Wed, Aug 12 2009

Sun Spots 3

Also tagged: akinori iwamura, Don Wakamatsu, ESPN, Houston Astros, Junichi Tazawa, Kazuo Matsui, Keith Law, Ken Takahashi, Major League, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Yusei Kikuchi

Some interesting baseball news this week in our third installment of Sun Spots. Feel free to comment. What life is like for a 40-year-old (Ken Takahashi) rookie trying to make it to the bigs. A breakdown...

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