(above : bunch of delusional motherfuckers who don’t have the common sense to know their achievement pales in comparison to the outcome of the Big Sky Tournament final) “I can’t see, if you’re a baseball fan, how you can’t get into this tournament,” insisted Team ...

It’s probably not surprising, given that I’ve never been there and don’t speak the language, but I’ll admit that I don’t get a lot about Japanese culture. Their game shows scare me, their video games and comics maybe even more so, and in general the Technicolor assault ...

(Chipper and Youk question the credentials of a guy who allegedly hates baseball) “What kind of a ‘Classic’ is this from our point of view when the United States outfield consists of Ryan Braun, Adam Dunn, Shane Victorino, and Curtis Granderson?” asks the Boston Globe’s...

At the risk of (once again) treading on Paul Lukas’ territory, I link to an item from WSC’s Cameron Carter in which he considers the bizarre club crest of MFK Ruzomberok (”clearly, the message in these images, intelligible to all nationalities, is: ‘If your ball comes crashin...

(hands up, if you know what “New York lawyer” is code for) Responding to recent comments by NBA commissioner David Stern expressing regret over the Association’s handling of the Vancouver Grizzlies, the Vancouver Courier’s Mark Hasiuk boldy suggests there was a far more sinis...

On the day when the Senate Select Intelligence Community finally confirmed that the Bush Administration was flagrantly and intentionally full of shit in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq — note: this sentence will be included in the anthology “Best Sports Blog First Sentences of 2008...

The same, however, could be said for the menus at most school/military cafeterias, but regardless, isn’t Japan culturally advanced enough as-is, without kicking our ass in the baseball food sweepstakes, too?  (chomptastic imagery taken from Tokyo Mango)...

Some four decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the podium in Mexico City, the LA Times’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (above, far left) writes “we are once again about to send our young athletes overseas to compete in games while we send our young soldiers overseas to f...

For the second time this week, a columnist from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has managed to find fault with MLB’s decision to open the 2008 season in Japan. First, Jeff Schultz weighed in, followed Wednesday by the venerable Furman Bishe r (link swiped from Repoz and Baseball Think Factory...

Admittedly, I overslept this morning and missed Boston’s 6-5, 10 inning win over Oakland from Tokyo. But it’s not that big a deal — both clubs will have 160 regular seasons games within North America, and MLB’s global marketing manuevers (while obviously a commercial initiati...