... I doubt Tsuji is a potential Hall of Famer unless he becomes a successful manager. He is an excellent candidate to get a shot at managing though if he...
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Bob Timmermann
btimmer@...
Aug 2, 1999 6:41 am
Anyone know why there is a Tigers-Dragons game scheduled for a Monday? Bob Timmermann South Pasadena, CA...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 2, 1999 6:55 am
... My guess would be because they're going on one of those road trips through the country, with both teams moving on to the Tokyo area for weekend (Friday -...
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MacDonald, Sean (Tokyo)
Sean_MacDonald@...
Aug 2, 1999 6:58 am
Sorry, I don't know the answer to this, but I think it would be a great idea if it became a regular thing. Rather than have all the series go from Tuesday to...
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Bob Timmermann
btimmer@...
Aug 2, 1999 6:59 am
The game is the only one on the schedule on the ifcnet.ne.jp webpage for today. There are some unfamiliar characters under the listing for the game on the...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 2, 1999 8:33 am
... It just says that the game is at "Hanshin Koshien Kyujyo." It looks like I missed that one when I was entering the data at the beginning of the season....
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 2, 1999 8:43 am
... You know, I wrote something very similar to that to Allen-san a number of months back. I hoped that he would start such a campaign in his newspaper ...
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Shingo Takekuma
sbt14@...
Aug 3, 1999 1:52 am
Anybody out there, do you know the detail of the trouble between Mike Blowers and Nomura-kantoku ? Please let me know! ...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 3, 1999 2:11 am
... Sure. He was something like 0 for 9 in the BayStars Series right after the All Star break. Nomura-kantoku, now having lost something like 6 or 7 in a ...
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Rob Magee
magee@...
Aug 3, 1999 7:41 am
A commentator on TBS Radio Sunday night, talking about the Drags starting Shotsu against Yakult, said something to the effect that: "Well, the Dragons play six...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 3, 1999 7:50 am
... Well, I heard quite a bit last year that when Gondoh (now the BayStars' manager) was a rookie for the Dragons, the starting rotation was, "Gondoh, Gondoh,...
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Te-Kan Yin
teyin@...
Aug 3, 1999 3:55 pm
Westbay-san: What's your comment on Blowers so far this year? He had a subpar year so far, last year I watched him many times on TV when he played for the A's,...
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Mike L. Morgensen
mlmorgen@...
Aug 3, 1999 5:25 pm
Hello all, I've enjoyed lurking to this point and reading your many insightful comments. Regarding Mike Blowers: In the states, he never hit righties well at...
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Te-Kan Yin
teyin@...
Aug 3, 1999 6:21 pm
... Sorry, this may be a bit off line from the aspect of JPB, but let me say more about Blowers: 1995: Actually Blowers had a backup Doug Strange, who is a...
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Jim Allen
jallen@...
Aug 4, 1999 12:01 am
... I don't remember them starting a whole week in advance. It might have been a single series in advance but the CL, and you know who, raised a wail people...
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Dan Latham
drlatham@...
Aug 4, 1999 12:41 am
... For whatever it's worth... In 1995, the PL held opening day on Saturday, April 1 while the Central League opened their schedule six days later, on Friday,...
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Shingo Takekuma
sbt14@...
Aug 4, 1999 6:41 pm
I read the news that the Tigers gave uncontional release to third baseman Mike Blowers. I may not be a fan of Mike Blowers yet,I believe that he should not...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 4, 1999 11:10 pm
... I've heard the name Gaetti, but that's all I know about him. No comment there. As for Blowers getting waved, well, Hanshin is a team of tradition, and it...
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Jim Allen
jallen@...
Aug 5, 1999 2:37 am
... Wish I could answer that well. It's a progression that is so pronounced that there is an emormous gap between the way things are now and the way they were...
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Rob Magee
magee@...
Aug 5, 1999 7:32 am
Jim and Michael -- thanks for the word on historical pitching. Interesting to see how some aspects of the game change so much, but others don't change at all. ...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 5, 1999 9:00 am
... I think it has to do with "other programming." For example, if NTV were to air all Giants' Sunday games regardless of where they were held, "Tetsuwan ...
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btimmer@...
Aug 5, 1999 4:09 pm
<37a9bd03.5ffb461-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/j-ball/?start=706 ... Does anyone know what the exact criteria for a...
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Jim Allen
jallen@...
Aug 5, 1999 10:20 pm
... The answer here is yes. The home team gets 100% of the gate and 100% of television revenues. That's why all the Giants home games--including the Japan...
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Jim Allen
jallen@...
Aug 6, 1999 11:46 am
... Good question. Basically they use the same criteria for a save except that you needn't finish the game or be replaced by a pinch hitter... Speaking of...
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Dan Latham
drlatham@...
Aug 6, 1999 1:56 pm
Last month, Kintetsu outfielder Tuffy Rhodes accused Chiba Marine relief pitcher Brian Warren of scuffing some balls during games. Recently, I've been looking...
712
btimmer@...
Aug 6, 1999 4:44 pm
<v0151010000179d7239c-@[203.216.33.149]> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/j-ball/?start=710 ... pitcher ... removed ... the ... addition ...
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btimmer@...
Aug 6, 1999 11:36 pm
News reports today say that it the Chicago Cubs are now the most likely team to play in an MLB season opener for 2000. The opponent would be the New York Mets....
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Scott T. Akasaki
sakasaki@...
Aug 9, 1999 1:58 am
As today is the 9th of August, Kazuhiro Sasaki (RHP,Closer) of the Yokohama BayStars is undergoing surgery. Some papers say that he has a pinched nerve and...
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Scott T. Akasaki
sakasaki@...
Aug 9, 1999 1:58 am
I had a chance to talk with Tuffy Rhodes about the incident right before the All-Star break. Apparently, Tuffy and the Buffaloes' coaches had been collecting...
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Michael Westbay
westbay@...
Aug 9, 1999 4:12 am
Not only was yesterday (8/8) a scorcher of a day in Yokohama, but the Yokohama BayStars continue to be hot! First off, Yokohama has now won 9 games in a row, 8...
