Call this part of the “There are no ‘Ham Fighters’ or ‘Tokyo Giants’ and the Hanshin Tigers are not the Boston Red Sox of Japan” series of ongoing gripes to which we give voice from time to time. OK, to which I give voice. David and Christopher are off the hook on this one. To [...]
Off-Day Rant Against Lazy, Unoriginal, and Otherwise Bad Travel Writing on Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2010 By 4 Comments
Robert Whiting on Valentine’s Exit
February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The fourth and final installment in a series of articles about Bobby Valentines’s rise and fall with the Chiba Lotte Marines baseball organization. Robert Whiting, author of the irreplaceable You Gotta Have Wa, interviews players and personnel both in and outside the organization to present a rounded account of what went on behind the scenes.
