Archive for category Baseball

Giants ticket page posted, site up and running

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball on May 4, 2009

I’ve got the site up and working and have posted the San Francisco Giants tickets I have for sale.

The site still needs some tinkering, but all the parts are working.

Filipinos Geno Espineli, Tim Lincecum play for Giants

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball, Hyphen on July 31, 2008

San Francisco Giants pitcher Geno Espineli is reportedly the first full-blooded Filipino to play Major League Baseball and I read today (see very end of story) that teammate Tim Lincecum’s mother is Filipina. Read the rest of this entry »

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Offensive Fukudome shirts still for sale

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball, Hyphen, Race on May 18, 2008

Vendors outside Wrigley Field and on eBay are still selling shirts that have “Horry Kow” on the front and Japanese ball player Kosuke Fukudome’s name and number on the back. The shirts poke fun at Japanese accents using the familiar “holy cow” that the late Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray used to always use. Read the rest of this entry »

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Baseball in Japan Not a Hit for Atlanta columnist

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball, Hyphen on April 4, 2008

Even with all the talk of new media and the Internet, there’s still some dinosaur-like thinking out there in the journalism world. A good example is a sports column by Furman Bisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who laments about Major League Baseball playing games in Tokyo, “you know the guys who gave us Pearl Harbor.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Wakamatsu could become baseball’s first Asian American manager

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball, Hyphen on February 18, 2008

New Oakland A’s coach Don Wakamatsu is highly regarded and may become the first Asian American manager in Major League Baseball. Read the rest of this entry »

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James Guardino shows off fantasy baseball trophy

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball on January 16, 2007

James won our Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Plus league last year, beating 2005 champ Gavin Tachibana and a strong field.

Congratulations, James, but enjoy it while you can. The bobblehead (or whatever Yahoo gives out next) is mine this season.

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On the field at AT&T Park

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball on August 22, 2006

Ken Wong keeps one in the park at AT&T.

Sunday was San Francisco Giants Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day, and my brother-in-law Ken crashes into the wall trying to make a great play in left field. Ramie and I, Ramie’s sister Debbie, and of course, Ken, took advantage of the Giants allowing season ticket holders onto the field after the game.

Here’s a Flash audio slideshow of our afternoon on the field.

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Ishikawa gets brief tour with Giants

Posted by Harry in All posts, Baseball, Hyphen on May 31, 2006

He came and went in less than a week, but Travis Ishikawa made an impression after being called up to fill in for injured regular San Francisco Giants first baseman Lance Niekro. Read the rest of this entry »

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