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Sat, Sep 25 2010

Playing Like a Broken Record

Also tagged: 200 hits, average, Big Red Machine, Derek Jeter, hits, ichiro suzuki, Lance Barksdale, Lou Gehrig, Lou Piniella, Major Leagues, Matt Murton, mlb, MVP, Nippon Professional Baseball, Pete Rose, Rooke of the year, Sadaharu Oh, season, Seattle Mariners, spellbinding, tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Ty Cobb, Willie Keeler, Yankees

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...

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Sat, Jan 2 2010

2009 Year In Review

Also tagged: ai miyazato, ai sugiyama, Asashoryu, Basketball, boxing, Casey Nielsen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Devin Setoguchi, Don Wakamatsu, Eri Yoshida, Hakuho, Hideki Matsui, Hines Ward, ichiro suzuki, Jeff Hironaka, Ji Eun-Hee, Jiyai Shin, Jordan Hamamoto, Kim Il-Kyung, Kim Yu-na, kimiko date krumm, Kurt Suzuki, lauren kamiyama, lyoto machida, Manny Pacquiao, Michelle Wie, MMA, Ryo Ishikawa, Ryosuke Irie, Shin Soo-Choo, takuya kawamura, Tiger Woods, Troy Palamalu, WBC, Y.E., Yang, Yani Tseng, Yusei Kikuchi

At the close of the first decade of the aughts, the Asian Athlete has burst onto the American sports scene. Team Japan celebrates their second consecutive WBC championship. (MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo) More...

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Wed, Oct 28 2009

Sun Spots: “Johjima Gets Paid”

Also tagged: blake griffin, ichiro suzuki, Kevin Arnovitz, Matt Moore, Melanie Hauser, nba, PGA, Ryo Ishikawa, Takashi Saito

This week we say goodbye to Kenji Johjima, check out Blake Griffin’s recovery process, break down Ichiro’s batting and peek into the future of golf. Matthew from the Seattle blog Lookout Landing...

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Wed, Oct 21 2009

Johjima Says Sayonara

Also tagged: david ardsma, Don Wakamatsu, erik bedard, felix hernandez, jack zduriencik, major league baseball, Seattle Mariners

After an injury-plagued 2009 season that limited him to 71 games and a back up role, Kenji Johjima opted out of his $24 million contract to play in Japan this past weekend. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By...

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Wed, Oct 21 2009

Sun Spots: Comings and Goings

Also tagged: Japanese, ai miyazato, Boston, Bryan Clay, Devin Setoguchi, dodgers, Hideki Matsui, hiroki kuroda, Japan, 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, Jul 29 2009

Sun Spots

Also tagged: Japanese, akinori iwamura, Cubs, Daisuke Matsuzaka, japanese american, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Kosuke Fukudome, Majors, Nippon Professional Baseball, NPB, Tampa Bay Rays

Will be posting a weekly blog with links to interesting stories related to Japanese/Japanese American and Asians playing in professional sports. This week, with all the Daisuke Matsuzaka hoopla, thought...

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Tag Archives: Kenji Johjima

Playing Like a Broken Record

2009 Year In Review

Sun Spots: “Johjima Gets Paid”

Johjima Says Sayonara

Sun Spots: Comings and Goings

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