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Comment on Japanese-Americans (Nisei and Sansei, Yonsei and Happa) playing (or played) in the Major League Baseball by Japanese-Americans playing (or played) in the Major League Baseball, Part II | JapaneseBallPlayers.com Blog

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:53:34 +0000

[...] Updating my previous list of Japanese-Americans playing (or played) in the Major League Baseball [...]

Comment on Japanese players in All-Star Games by Yu Darvish: the ninth Japanese All-Star

Yu Darvish: the ninth Japanese All-Star — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:01:59 +0000

[...] Also see: Japanese players in All-Star Games (July 3, 2011) [...]

Comment on List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan by Paul Konerko, R.A. Dickey named MLB's Players of the Week | Baseball History | Baseball Memorablia | Baseball Time Machine

Thu, 31 May 2012 21:20:16 +0000

[...] make it to the Major League Baseball, (he actually made debut earlier in the season, April 14, 2012.blog.japaneseballplayers.com/…/list-of-major-league-baseball-… Related Posts:Melvin: Extra BP session is not unusual for A'sMelvin: Extra BP session is not [...]

Comment on Japanese pitchers facing off: Kawakami vs Matsuzaka by Yu Darvish vs Hiroki Kuroda: Seventh time Japanese starters faced each other in the major leagues

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:15:20 +0000

[...] This was the seventh time that the Japanese starting pitchers faced off against each other. I had an blog post in 2009 about it, but here is an update of that entry Japanese pitchers facing off: Kawakami vs Matsuzaka. [...]

Comment on Opening Series Japan 2012 by Alfred

Alfred — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:19:59 +0000

Wow I didn’t know baseball was so popular in Japan, that’s amazing and here it looks like they’re passionate about it.

Comment on Japanese Ball Players who blog by Sprinting Spikes

Sprinting Spikes — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:03:48 +0000

Baseball is a great game!

Comment on Japanese-Americans playing (or played) in the Major League Baseball, Part II by PX

PX — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:42:32 +0000

I am American btw.

Comment on Japanese-Americans playing (or played) in the Major League Baseball, Part II by PX

PX — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:42:08 +0000

It is a shame that all of these Japanese-American MLBers can’t speak any Japanese. I am not Japanese but can speak it at a rather fluent level because I was interested in the culture and my wife is Japanese. If they are proud of their heritage, it behooves them to learn the language and culture.

Comment on Much more than a Japanese interpreter for a baseball player by Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:07:19 +0000

I’m glad that you pointed out the behind-the-scenes atmosphere of a baseball interpreter. It was refreshing, as interpreters are very often given too little credit!

Comment on History of Posting System by Yu Darvish: an expensive conversation | Sportsrageous

Yu Darvish: an expensive conversation | Sportsrageous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:13:09 +0000

[...] generation, was also acquired in the posting system. The Seattle Mariners won the bidding, and it only cost them $13.13 million. Now that is money well [...]