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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, hiroki kuroda, 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, 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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Thu, Mar 25 2010

J-Slanted: Spring is in the Air

J-Slanted: Spring is in the Air

Also tagged: akinori iwamura, Chicago Cubs, Edwin Maysonet, Geoff Blum, Hideki Matsui, Hisanori Takahashi, Houston Astros, ichiro suzuki, Jeff Keppinger, JOe Mauer, Kazuo Matsui, Kurt Suzuki, Los Angeles Angels, mlb, New York Mets, Oakland A's, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ryota Igarashi, Seattle Mariners, Travis Ishikawa

By JORDAN IKEDA Sports Editor As opening day for the 2010 MLB season looms less than a week away we’ll take a brief look at some of the storylines out there. The Oakland A’s seem poised to offer starting...

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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, hiroki kuroda, Hisanori Takahashi, Houston Astros, ichiro suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kaz Sasaki, Kazuo Matsui, Kei Igawa, Kenshin Kawakami, Koji Uehara, 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, hiroki kuroda, ichiro suzuki, Japan, Jennifer Graham, Jeremy Lin, Jerrie Lee, 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, Jul 29 2009

Sun Spots

Also tagged: Japanese, akinori iwamura, Cubs, Daisuke Matsuzaka, japanese american, Junichi Tazawa, Kenji Johjima, Koji Uehara, 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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