So this is how the news of Alex Rodriguez opting out of his contract was reported in the English version of the Asahi Shimbun here in Japan. It was just a four paragraph mention, but you know, you can squeeze a lot of information into four paragraphs.
– The first paragraph says he opted out of [...]
The other day, I wrote a little bit about the MLB International broadcast that I heard here in Japan. I poked fun at the announcers because, well, this is what I do, and I got a comment from Dave O’Brien. I wanted to post it here in the main blog to give the man equal [...]
So, I managed to watch the last few innings of World Series Game 4 here in my hotel room in Nagoya, Japan. Here’s something funny … after watching the game for couple of innings with Japanese announcers I realized there was a button on my remote control which allowed me to switch audio feeds. I [...]
OK, so I’m writing daily blogs for The Kansas City Star while I’m here in Japan, which figures to cut into my blogging here. How many blogs, after all, can one man write?
Meanwhile, Boston just went up 5-0 on the Rockies in Game 3. I’m watching it with Japanese announcers, and my body is so [...]
So here’s how I found out about the Hall of Fame honoring Buck O’Neil: I was in the Tokyo Airport desperately trying to figure out how to get to Sapporo for the Japan Series. I was beyond exhausted, of course, jet lagged out of my mind, and a certain airline had screwed up my ticket, [...]
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