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J-SLANTED: Trusting in Good/Bad Potential

J-SLANTED: Trusting in Good/Bad Potential

By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Contributor So much for Daisuke Matsuzaka coming back to save the Red Sox season. He’s fast approaching the major league enforced 30-day maximum rehabilitation assignment and according... 

J-SLANTED: Opportunity Knocks

J-SLANTED: Opportunity Knocks

By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Contributor After giving up five runs during the first two innings of his first MLB career start, it certainly didn’t appear that Yu Darvish was ready for the spotlight. But hasty... 

JACL to Recognize Cappy Harada Posthumously

JACL to Recognize Cappy Harada Posthumously

Cappy Harada with legendary baseball player Joe DiMaggio in Japan. (Photo courtesy of the Harada family) WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League will hold its annual gala, “A Salute... 

HORSE’S MOUTH: The Dodgers and Japanese Players

HORSE’S MOUTH: The Dodgers and Japanese Players

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 26, 2011.) === I’ll open with a letter today because it refers to something I wrote that needs a little correction. It was sent to me... 

Relief Effort Part of Oakland A’s Japanese Heritage Day

Relief Effort Part of Oakland A’s Japanese Heritage Day

OAKLAND — Oakland’s Hideki Matsui and Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki, Japan’s most celebrated current players, joined forces on Sunday to share in the A’s celebration of Japanese Heritage... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Crazy Asian Moms’ in the News,  Thanks to Amy Chua

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Crazy Asian Moms’ in the News, Thanks to Amy Chua

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on February 3, 2011.) === Crazy Asian moms. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I started hearing about the “tiger mom”... 

HORSE’S MOUTH: Sayonara to Baseball

HORSE’S MOUTH: Sayonara to Baseball

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on October 5, 2010.) === As my wife and I sat in our living room watching the final Dodgers’ game of the season this past Sunday, it made us realize... 

Playing Like a Broken Record

Playing Like a Broken Record

Ichiro Suzuki has broken his own Major League record with his 10th consecutive 200-hit season. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Sports Editor Usually, being compared to a broken record... 

J-Slanted: Can He Do It?

J-Slanted: Can He Do It?

By JORDAN IKEDA === For those of you out there who were possibly getting worried about the state of Ichiro Suzuki, well, rest assured that everything appears to be back on course. After enduring what has... 

No ‘Rime’ or Reason to Impatient Mariners

No ‘Rime’ or Reason to Impatient Mariners

Don Wakamatsu talks to his players during Spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona during his first season as manager of the Seattle Mariners. On Monday, Wakamatsu was fired after the team... 

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