MLB Opener in Japan 2012? I was there at 2008 games betweeb Red Sox and A’s and had a blast! Photo of Hideki Okajima facing off Nikkei-Sansei Kurt Suzuki
I had a interesting back and forth with Mike Plugh of Matsuzaka Watch about Yu Darvish, who is the next big thing from Japan and tearing up Japanese League this year. I follow many interesting twitter who are very knowledgeable about Japanese baseball, or baseball in other Asian country. I keep them all listed here in my Asian Baseball twitter list. My other favorites are Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times, Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker to name a few. They are all excellent sources.
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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 here, 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:
- Game Over. Nice job, #RedSox 4-3 vs the Royals without Ortiz and Youkilis. Bekcett 10th win. Papelbon 14 scoreless frames. #
- Dustin Pedroia is 3-for-4 tonight, and this season against KC Royals, he is 12-for-22 (.545) in 5 games. #redsox http://t.co/pdF9V4z #
- Started with nice barehanded play by Jed Lowrie, Beckett gets 3-up 3-down 4th. Now, lets get some timely hits, #RedSox #
- Crawford… out at home. Game still tied. 3-3 after top 4. #RedSox #PLEASE! #
- Nice! Carl Crawford stole second, and then third! He was 0-for-15 til now, but when he is on the base, he can run! #RedSox #
- @mikeplugh I'd be also surprised if the #RedSox went all in for Yu Darvish, but I could see them bidding on the low side, just in case. in reply to mikeplugh #
- Tokyo Chunichi Sports photoshop'd #RedSox #Yankees & #Rangers hat on Yu Darvish's photo. He's15-3 w/1.57 ERA. 8 CG! http://t.co/nRGweey #
- Photo from Sanspo of Daisuke Matsuzaka working out in FL, says less than a 2 mo. away from throwing. #RedSox http://t.co/Ka8hjoq #
- Great story about Mets Ryota Igarashi's interpreter Mike Peters. Life of a Baseball Interpreter by @BrianCostaWSJ http://t.co/nWBW6NT #
- Darn it! Game Over. 4-0 Rays. #RedSox have lost 5 of the last 7 games. At least a game behind the Yankees in AL East. Frustrating! #
- Let's go #RedSox This is the first time they got into Rays' bullpen this series. 4 runs off of Farnsworth? Bottom 9th magic, Maybe? #
- Yesterday, James Shields & Jeff Niemann pitched 3-hit complete games. Now David Price is working on 7 Inn 3-hit shutout. Quiet #RedSox bats! #
- @mikeplugh I know Matsui's contract w/A's is only one year. Just saying *if* Matsui stays it'll be a huge draw. 140 char's not enough! :) Tx in reply to mikeplugh #
- This true? Daily Sports is reporting #MLB considering A's-Mariners 2012 Opener in Japan. Ichiro vs Matsui? Serious $. http://t.co/11jo2Kf #
- @BurlinWhite @globechadfinn @peteabe This went up this afternoon, thanks for listening! http://t.co/57PudiT in reply to BurlinWhite #
- After participated in All-Star & HR derby, Arian Gonzalez 124 at-bats & only 1 HR. He is a career 19.6 AB/HR hitter. He's due. #RedSox #
- Crap, Yankees have scored 5 runs in the top 4th and now winning, too. Come on #RedSox Come back and get 4 runs! 6-2 Rays, Top 8. #
- Ouch, #RedSox That was a bad play. Sigh. 5-2 Rays. #
- Com'on #RedSox This is frustrating. 4-2 Rays, top of the 8. Between Triple play & awesome catch by Pedroia, should be winning this game! #
- In case you missed it, the clip of #RedSox triple play in the 4th. 3B Lowrie to 2B Pedroia to 1B Gonzalez. A beauty! http://t.co/RiLACGz #
- Nice catch, Dustin! #RedSox takes the first game of 3 that they'll play within 28 hours vs Rays, 3-1. #
