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• Former #RedSox Dustin Richardson busted for cheating. & we thought we are now post-steroid era. This, and Ryan Braun. http://t.co/kh61ihYF 22:19:54, 2012-01-27
• The more I read about Bobby Valentine, the more I like the guy. Just full of energy. Results on the field? We'll see. http://t.co/AOqIECjd 17:45:15, 2012-01-27
• This Saturday is "SABR Day in America" & there are many meetups. Boston Chapter is touring around Fenway & Kenmore. http://t.co/eFxYbud7 12:32:26, 2012-01-26
• Shhh… don't tell (too) many people, but I heard that #RedSox June/July/August home game tickets will be on sale this Saturday at10am! 23:25:59, 2012-01-25
• A month old, but alternative to stupid Posting System. Scott Boras suggests a sliding scale compensation for NPB team. http://t.co/6bddhZ7D 12:44:15, 2012-01-25
• It's coming. I can already smell the grass and hotdogs… #IMissBaseball http://t.co/MQBcnvjB 11:40:03, 2012-01-25
• #IMissBaseball #RedSox http://t.co/6QusT4FK 09:36:43, 2012-01-25
• Fielder 9yr/$214m is fourth largest in MLB history, after A-Rod 10y/$275m in '08, Pujols 10y/$254m '12, and A-Rod 10y/$252m in '01 16:51:48, 2012-01-24
• Scott Boras maybe greedy, but there is no doubt that he is a good agent. Amazing that Prince Fielder got 9 years $214 million from Tigers. 16:49:40, 2012-01-24
• Ha! Awesome: http://t.co/5PXNWLPF I love Cody Ross already, unlike some goalie who ditched his teammates. Welcome to #RedSox @IamCodyRoss! 10:46:09, 2012-01-24
• Us #RedSox fans are lucky to have #Patriots to distract ourselves from off-season, AGAIN. Don't know what I'd have done w/o them in 03-04. 12:26:02, 2012-01-23
• "Miss it! OMG I can't believe he missed it!!!" #patriots 19:21:46, 2012-01-22
• Looking at my iPhone just now: What!? Newt? No way! WHAT!!?? SCUTARO?? NO WAY!!!! #priorities 21:09:42, 2012-01-21

1912 Boston Daily Globe at SABR Meeting. Photo by Daigo Fujiwara

I can’t believe it’s already 100 years, I can remember it like it was just yesterday. Just kidding. Fascinating stuff. Seamheads has the text from Globe’s opening day coverage. (Though I think it is different Globe newspaper… I could be wrong.)

The recap of the meeting can be found here. I am proud to say I am part of this awesome group who puts out great programs for basically nothing. People should take advantage of this group, really! Amazing program, completely not for profit.

Also see: Photos by member Daigo Fujiwara (that is me) in Flickr SABR Boston Photo Pool, and an excellent blog recap of meeting by a member Mike Cook, entitled “Hot Stove, Cool Speakers: A Recap of SABR Boston’s Winter Meeting”< ****

I been tweeting nonsense since May 19, 2007 (over 4 years, can you believe that?). I put weekly digests of my tweets on my blog, so that I can search for it quicker using my blog's search function. I tweet awfully a lot about baseball (I am a Red Sox fan), but if you are interested, please follow me at @DaigoFuji. Here are my tweets:
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There was a long write up about Daisuke Matsuzaka was in Nikkan Sports this week. Quick translation from Awesome Yakyu Baka blog:

Daisuke Matsuzaka played catch for the second day in a row on Friday — he threw the ball about 30 times at a distance of around 18 meters. He threw the last five pitches at around 130km/h. If he continues to make good progress he could be cleared to toss a bullpen session around January 20th. And if he does not suffer any setbacks, he might be able to make it back to the MLB roster in May, instead of the original June/July estimate.

UPDATE: According to Sponichi, Matsuzaka is still scheduled to pitch in bullpen sometime within January.

In the othe rnews, Hiroki Kuroda is a Yankee…. Yikes.

I been tweeting nonsense since May 19, 2007 (over 4 years, can you believe that?). I put weekly digests of my tweets on my blog, so that I can search for it quicker using my blog’s search function. I tweet awfully a lot about baseball (I am a Red Sox fan), but if you are interested, please follow me at @DaigoFuji. Here are my tweets:
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Hisashi Iwakuma, Munenori Kawakami, Hiroyuki Nakajima… They were all part of 2009 WBC Team. Here are my photos from that trip.

• Nikkan sports reporting Hisashi Iwakuma agrees to deal w/Seattle Mariners http://t.co/89SRCnYK h/t to @gwynar & awesome http://t.co/utxv1cmB 21:32:48, 2012-01-05
• Bill James Handbook 2012 projection of Carl Crawford: .286 15 HR 73 RBI 34 SB .332/.436/.768 (OBP/SLG/OPS) #RedSox @yazdog8 in reply to yazdog8 20:24:02, 2012-01-05
• Got my copy of Bill James Handbook 2012. Happy to see that they project Ichiro to hit 206 hits. 20:20:17, 2012-01-05
• LIKE #RedSox RT @bradfo: Via Baseball Analytics http://t.co/QoKU5Aph Ortiz vs lefties in '10- 60 curves, .063 BA; in '11- 64 curves, .438 BA 18:55:26, 2012-01-05
• GM Cashman says "could not come to an agreement with Hiroyuki." Hiroyuki Nakajima: 2nd victim of stupid Posting System http://t.co/sFFJObn4 14:01:41, 2012-01-05
• I was under impression via Nikkan that Nakajima is en route to NY now to negotiate w/Yankes, but ESPN says it's over: http://t.co/1PigLRxq 13:57:50, 2012-01-05
• Nikkan sports saying Hiroyuki Nakajima left Japan for NY. Tomorrow is deadline. Perhaps Yankees can get this done? http://t.co/RIcXOuHF 12:13:45, 2012-01-05
• '06 WBC Japan team had Iwamura, Nishioka, Kawasaki in IF, Ichiro, Aoki, Fukudome in OF. Uehara started that game vs US. http://t.co/OXEnhXW5 23:52:46, 2012-01-04
• My Munenori Kawasaki memory is 2006 WBC vs USA. He & Nishioka couldn't get to the A-Rod's walk-off hit & them laying on the ground in LA. 23:51:02, 2012-01-04
• A friend asked me & looked it up… 38 days till Truck Day (2/11) & 46 days until Pitchers and Catchers (2/19)! #RedSox #iMissBaseball 17:08:19, 2012-01-04
• Japan's Nikkan sports says RHP Hisashi Iwakuma confirms reports that he is close to sign a deal with Seattle #Mariners http://t.co/vCnip6Qr 16:35:28, 2012-01-04
• Whoa. RT @JackCurryYES: Unless Nakajima accepts a 1-year deal from the Yankees, it seems unlikely that he will play for them in 2012. 20:37:51, 2012-01-03
• Their bid to Igawa was $26m in 06. What a difference in 5 yrs. RT @JonHeymanCBS: just unearthed #yankees bid for yu darvish. it was $15M. 20:33:38, 2012-01-03
• Happy New Year… Nikkan Sports reporting that #Mariners are the team most likely to sign RHP Hisashi Iwakuma. http://t.co/dvObjHxz 11:41:19, 2012-01-01

• Upon hearing #Celtics losing 4 in a row, I immediately thought "but #RedSox STILL have not won two in a row since August 27." #IMissBaseball 23:50:57, 2011-12-28
• I guess Hideki Okajima can play with Hiroyuki Nakajima for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. http://t.co/pMJFgl0Q OK, Sorry, was not very funny 21:41:28, 2011-12-28
• @AndrewBailey40 Welcome to the #RedSox, Andrew! Looking forward to seeing you close out some big games for us! 19:10:47, 2011-12-28
• Whoa! @PeteAbe: #RedSox acquire Andrew Bailey (per ESPN): http://t.co/xF4ZTld2 18:02:04, 2011-12-28
• Sports Hochi says last 4 digit of TEX bid for Yu Darvish was 3411. 34 for Nolan Ryan & 11 Darvish. Was it $51,703,411? http://t.co/hquvBx9H 10:30:53, 2011-12-28
• Offer from Brewers to Norichika Aoki is only $1-1.5m/yr. Cubs paid 4yr/$44m for Fukudome in '08. Aoki > Kosuke IMHO http://t.co/EeVkgLIT 10:17:45, 2011-12-28
• Nikkan Sports & Kyodo news both reporting ex-#RedSox LHP Hideki Okajima close to signing minor league deal w/Yankees. http://t.co/dTFjHZCC 09:55:55, 2011-12-28
• Merry Christmas! I got lots of #RedSox related presents this year from Santa, including a new jacket. Nice! 11:23:34, 2011-12-25
• Ha! 2012 #RedSox's first base coach, Alex Ochoa played for Chunichi Dragons 2003-06. He went in place of Kevin Millar. http://t.co/TGwrFYH3 00:40:01, 2011-12-25