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Thu, Sep 2 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Popourri, Miscellany & Pastiche

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Popourri, Miscellany & Pastiche

Also tagged: Columnists, Donald Bren, election, Fashion Island, Harvard University, hideo nomo, Irvine, Kenji Ishizaki, Lindsay Lohan, Meg Whitman, Newport Beach, Pakistan, personal essay, wimpy, xenophobia, YAMATO RESTAURANT

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 1, 2010.) === Let’s try a different approach this week. Trepidation is the byword when attempting something new at this stage...

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Thu, Aug 26 2010

A Perpetual No Win Situation

A Perpetual No Win Situation

Also tagged: Sports, baseball, BRAVES, Casey Blake, dodgers, hideo nomo, JAY GIBBONS, los angeles dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Orlando Hudson, Randy Wolf, SCOTT PODSEDNIK, STATS, TRADES

Kuroda a Yankee? Say it ain’t so. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By JORDAN IKEDA === So, the Dodgers are finally admitting this season is a lost cause and trying to get while the getting is good. The biggest...

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Sat, Apr 17 2010

MLB’s First Full Week a Mixed Bag

MLB’s First Full Week a Mixed Bag

Also tagged: Astors, Atlanta Braves, Billy Wagner, CERA, Chicago Cubs, Chone Figgins, clayton kershaw, Derek Lowe, dodgers, Hideki Okajima, Hisanori Takahashi, houston, ichiro suzuki, J-Slanted, Jair Jurrjens, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, Jeff Keppinger, Johan Santana, Jonathon Niese, Kaz Matsui, Kazuo Matsui, Kenshin Kawakami, Kosuke Fukudome, Kurt Suzuki, Mets, Mike Pelfrey, mlb, Oakland Athletics, OBP, Oliver Perez, OPS, rafu shimpo, Randy Wolf, Roy Oswalt, Ryota Igarashi, Seattle Mariners, Takashi Saito, Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson, Wandy Rodriguez

By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Sports Editor Despite going 0-5 Thursday night, Kosuke Fukudome is still hitting .345 on the season going into tonight’s game against Houston’s Roy Oswalt. Oswalt is 0-2 in the...

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Fri, Apr 16 2010

Dodgers Happy and Safe At Home

Dodgers Happy and Safe At Home

Also tagged: andre ethier, Arizona Diamondbacks, Bill Russell, Black Eyed Peas, Casey Blake, Chavez Ravine, Davey Lopes, dodgers, Don Newcombe, eric karros, Fernando Valenzuela, John Marshall High School, Jon SooHoo, Manny Ramirez, matt kemp, Opening Day, Ron Cey, Steve Finley, Steve Garvey, Tommy Lasorda, Will.i.am

Players from the Dodgers and Diamondbacks watch as a squadron of U.S. Navy FA-18C Hornets perform a pre-game flyover on Tuesday, April 13 at Dodgers Stadium. (photos MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo) By...

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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, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chone Figgins, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Matsui, Hideki Okajima, 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, Feb 24 2010

Sun Spots: Spring and Winter

Sun Spots: Spring and Winter

Also tagged: Amalie Benjamin, Apolo Ohno, Beth Harris, Bob Nightingale, Bobby Abreu, Boston Globe, Carrie Muskat, Daisuke Matsuzaka, dodgers, Harvard, Hideki Matsui, ichiro suzuki, Japan, Jennifer Graham, Jeremy Lin, Jerrie Lee, Kosuke Fukudome, Lorenzo Benet, los angeles, los angeles angels of anaheim, Lyle Spencer, Milton Bradley, Mirai Nagasu, MLB.com, palo alto, People Magazine, Rachael Flatt, Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, USA Today, Vancouver Olympics

This week marks the second week of the Winter Olympics as well as the first week in which MLB players are arriving to camp. The culmination of four years of work and the beginning of a new season all rolled...

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Wed, Oct 21 2009

Sun Spots: Comings and Goings

Sun Spots: Comings and Goings

Also tagged: Japanese, ai miyazato, Boston, Bryan Clay, Devin Setoguchi, dodgers, Hideki Matsui, Japan, Kenji Johjima, Rangers, Red Sox, San Jose Sharks, Yusei Kikuchi

This week we have a major Japanese baseball player considering coming to America fresh out of high school and another, aging veteran, returning to Japan, giving up millions of dollars so that he can play. More...

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Wed, Oct 7 2009

Don’t Stop Believing

Don’t Stop Believing

Also tagged: andre ethier, chad billingsley, clayton kershaw, dodger stadium, eric karros, hideo nomo, jonathan broxton, los angeles dodgers, marlins, matt kemp, mike piazza, national league west champions, nomar garciaparra, padres, raul mondesi, rockies

I am very excited that the Los Angeles Dodgers are NL West Champions for the second year in a row. It seemed the Division title was in our hands for the whole season until the Dodgers went on a five-game...

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Mon, Aug 24 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH: So, I Need To Do More Research

HORSE’S MOUTH: So, I Need To Do More Research

Also tagged: archie miyatake, george yoshinaga, horse's mouth, nisei week queens

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA === With the crowning of Dana Heatherton as the 2009 Nisei Week Queen, she becomes the 10th Queen with an Anglo surname to wear the tiara. The first was Eliza Cuthbert in 1974. She...

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Tue, Jul 28 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH

Also tagged: george yoshinaga, hawaii hochi, horse, japanese american newspapers

By George Yoshinaga === The print media like all business enterprises is taking a hit during the current economic crisis. Many well-known publications have folded their doors. The English/Japanese ethnic...

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