Since the Red Sox are having serious problems with throwing runners out lately, I think it's time to talk about the best defensive catcher in the world here.


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This is honestly really nice to look at right before you go to sleep.

( So it's hard to decide what's prettier, his ERA or him... )

First and foremost, I really have to apologize for disappearing for roughly two months. I was attacked by approximately five or six history papers, and they really were not fun. In addition, my weekends have been preoccupied with various things (as those who are friends with me on Facebook can attest to). As a consequence of my disturbingly busy ( Read more... )

Just a quick post before dinner - I will get back to comments later, since Yahoo! is not being kind enough to let me check my e-mail at the moment. Sorry - I'm not trying to blow anyone off!

Found some footage on NPB Tracker (where I was reading up about Tazawa and trying to get a better look at his stuff) of Tsuyoshi Shinjo, one of my first ( Read more... )

Apparently I feel a subliminal obligation to find a favorite team in as many baseball leagues as I can.

I'm starting to feel a slight thing for Seibu now. A few of my favorite Major Leaguers have been former Lions (notably Kazuo Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka), and I'm developing somewhat of an emotional attachment.

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I just watched the end of the second (and honestly, much less pleasing) Subway Series game in New York (why did I have to miss the good one?) right now even though the score is lopsided. It's baseball and it's on my TV, so it's therefore a requirement.

I love this game way too much sometimes.

This year, I've decided to keep up with Summer Koshien ( ( Read more... )

Today I was watching the Mets and the Giants.

And I saw a shuuto.

It was when Keiichi Yabu came into the game. He came on in relief, and he actually struck out Jose Reyes on a pitch that the SNY commentators declared to be a shuuto. I totally spazzed over this, because I'd never seen one thrown in real life (although I have seen Mihashi throw quite a ( Read more... )

I logged on to Yahoo! to check my e-mail this, erm, afternoon, and this story was on the front page. The only way I can really describe this is, well, bizarre. Incredibly bizarre.

Minor leaguer traded for 10 baseball bats

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer May 23, 7:51 pm EDT
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Back in Pennsylvania. I won't have to do that crazy drive again until May 9th, when I go home for the summer. I've done it so many times in the past month that I'm starting to feel like Jed's dad. And no, not in a creepy way: Jed has some good stories about his father's legendary driving prowess, like the one when Dan drove 15 straight hours ( Read more... )

Why am I awake? There is baseball about to happen. Regrettably, there is no audio for this one, so I got up at six to...watch Gameday. Wow. On that note, let's make this a live-blog! I can't live-blog live-action games, because I tend to get sidetracked and type too much, but Gameday goes slowly enough for me that I can keep up.

Two brief random ( Read more... )