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International News: A Look at Matt Murton in Japan

  Major League Baseball is by far the best league in the world, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other solid leagues out there. Perhaps the one most MLB fans are aware of is the Nippon…Read More

Bryan LaHair Off To Japan

It’s hard to blame Bryan LaHair for thinking life is a little bit unfair. After making the National League All-Star team in 2012 the horrible Chicago Cubs didn’t even invite him back. Of all…Read More

It’s A Shame There’s No Olympic Baseball

This is a case where the rest of the world really did gang up on the United States. We are in the midst of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and baseball is not part of the Games. Nor is softball, presumably…Read More

Daisuke Matsuzaka Could Be Big Aid To Red Sox

Word out of Boston is that after a year on the sidelines with arm woes that Daisuke Matsuzaka, otherwise known as Yu Darvish before Yu Darvish, is ready to pitch again. If Matsuzaka is revived and can…Read More

Radical Baseball: Born in the USA – 75%.

Actually, the percentage of MLB players born in the USA has been below 75% since 2000 when it was 77%. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 Is baseball being outsourced? trend … consistently above 92% from 1901…Read More

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Mariners-A’s Play For Real

While most of us remain in our winter hibernation mode like grizzly bears, the Seattle Mariners and Oakland…Read More

Is This The End For Ichiro?

Ichiro Suzuki has surprised us since he came to the Seattle Mariners from Japan, but the 2011 season…Read More

Rangers Go For Broke

Well, Yu Darvish signed with the Texas Rangers after all. Even though it came down to the last minute…Read More

Yankees Dial It Up

We shouldn’t be surprised. Whenever the New York Yankees need a fresh piece for the roster for…Read More

Who Are These Guys?

Not too many years ago, any mention of a foreigner in a mainstream baseball story would elicit the comment,…Read More

Tsuyoshi Nishioka Shut Down for Season

To say the Minnesota Twins have been disappointed in offseason acquisition Tsuyoshi Nishioka would be…Read More

You Damn Kids: A Final LLWS Reflection

You didn’t really care about the Little League World Series. Sure, I mean, you did, guy-with-summer-cold-who-stayed-home-from-work-for-two-days-and-kind-of-got-sucked-into-it.…Read More