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Susan Boyle is much much better than the Japanese female singers about which we hear here like Amuro, Koda, Morning Musume, Puffy, Speed.

Good point. Susan Boyle reminds me a lot like Deborah Voigt. Great voices and loads of talent.

On the other hand, Amuro Namie reminds me of a young Madonna, Koda like Christina Aguilera, and Morning Musume and Speed like a kiddie pop versions of one-hit wonders like Hanson, the Party, Menudo, and "bubblegum pop" groups like the Spice Girls. All looks and flash, but no talent.

Another reason why to stay away from China.

But hey, this is JapanToday, and 90 percent of the people here are disillusioned and cynical former Japanophiles. So don't expect them to be kind to Susan Boyle.

Exactly. Many of the disillusioned Japanbashers on this site can't be expected to be kind to poor Susan Boyle.

First i've heard of them.

Really? The Reeds have been Japan champions in ice dancing for the past three years (2007, 2008, 2009). They have been competing in and for Japan since 2006. They have been seen at events such as the Four Continents tournament, NHK cup, and the World Championships.

Mao Asada will only win the gold if she stops trying difficult maneuvers like the triple axel. She should follow Kim Yu-na's lead and do a risk-free routine.

To me, she represents the typical airhead in Japan....

Agreed. She's like the typical blonde bimbo; just without the blonde hair.

I agree with everyone that KFC is not the way to go for Christmas. However, I love the assortment of Christmas cake here (which is perfect since it isn't loaded with a whole lot of sugar). It sure beats the rock-hard fruit cakes we get for Christmas back home.

Could imagine anyone from the "royal" family here doing such a thing? Of course not.

Nor could I imagine any royal family in the world for that matter. Never seen any of the Bush daughters do anything like that (except get drunk).

no compassion... they actually believe they deserve it, the bums...

True, I've also seen several French, Americans, Canadians, and Aussies say the very same thing.

arguably the world's most unreliable source of information

If you think that's so, then why do you continue to look at it as your sports bible. For someone who claims to know baseball, you sure have a lot to learn.

Again, you go ahead and stand by your 39 players that played for the Yankees "fact".

I did the legwork using more reliable sources like mlb.com, and stand by my findings of 45 players that played for the Yankees.

I dare you to disprove my findings. Go ahead.

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Baseball Refernce says the number is 45.

Thank you Junnama. The Baseball Reference website looks like a good baseball reference site. It would've saved me a lot more time if I only checked it from the start. Thanks again. It looks like just one part of a larger website called the "Sports Reference".

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2009.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/

http://www.sports-reference.com/

Now, if my math is correct, that is a total of 46 players;

Sorry, my bad. Bad math. There was a total of 45 players who played in 2009 for the Yankees.

the 39 players I mentioned was to contradict the "50 to 60 players" that hotbox played

eresay, funny that you should mention that. 39 players? Where did you get those suspicious facts? From quickly scanning Wikipedia batting and pitching stats? Frankly, I wouldn't trust Wikipedia all that much. If you actually knew anything about baseball, you would know that such sites would not show stats of all players who have appeared and played for the Yankees team.

I was curious to the actual number which had any playing time in 2009, so I did a bit of my own thinking.

Off the top of my head, I came to 24 players (ARod, Jeter, Godzilla, Posada, Teixiera, Cano, Damon, C.C. Sabathia, Swisher, Rivera, Burnett, Joba Chamberlain, Hughes, Mitre, Gaudin, Pettite, Hinske, Nady, Ransom, Wang, Cervelli, Aceves, and Miranda).

Then, after checking the MLB.com website for the New York Yankees and their 2009 schedule, and checking the stats for each and every regular season game (believe me, it was time-consuming to say the least), I came to an additional 22 players (Gardner, Pena, Albaladejo, Bruney, Coke, Marte, Ramirez, Veras, Hairston, Molina, Cabrera, Robertson, Claggett, Melancon, Dunn, Berrora, Guzman, Duncan, Towers, Brett Tomko, Ian Kennedy, and Kevin Cash).

Now, if my math is correct, that is a total of 46 players; NOT th 39 you claim played this year for the Yankees.

Of course, that doesn't even begin to count the number that played in exhibition games just before the season and would count as having played for the Major league team; Guys like Doug Bernier were signed to a contract to play in Spring training, but never made the cut. Nevertheless, fans did get to see these players play.

flavorflav, messageboards are some of the best sources of what fans really think.

Hotbox, yes, there are some intelligent fans on messageboards, but there are also a lot who are not. We call them idiots and trolls (posting from other teams). Thus, I would not believe a lot of what is said on messageboards.

Bottom line is, this article is about Matsui's deal with the Angels. I fail to see how what you are all griping about something so off topic.

IMHO, While I don't think Matsui is the greatest Yankee, he was a very clutch hitter and always handled himself professionally. He did deserve the MVP award, but from a business standpoint, it was time for him to move on. I wish him luck with his new team.

It just makes me sick to the stomach to hear news like this. This guy should get the same punishment 100-fold. He should have been a man and talked with his wife if he had any gripes against her, instead of taking it out violently on an innocent boy.

Wow. A lot of irate and clueless posters above. It really gets my goat when poster like RogueFive, Hotbox08, eresay, know nothing about the sport I grew up loving says off-the-collar things like this. You all obviously love Hideki Matsui since all you've been able to say bad about the man is that "he doesn't endear himself to his fan base". It speaks volumes about a baseball player, when haters can say nothing bad about their skills, contributions, and character, but only nitpick their "endearment".

Hotbox, I don't believe Hideki to be the most favorite player of all time. Please state your source. Messageboards are too subjective, if you ask me.

RogueFive, which television show did you watch? It seems mighty convenient to be ambiguous and say "I watched some tv show last week and it said nani nani nani .... when you can't even recall the name of the show, which station it was on, and so on. I would really like to search Youtube or something to watch it myself to confirm your statement.

eresay, please get your facts right before posting. In MLB, there are 25 players on an active roster at any point in the season. There is a 40 man roster which is the 25 men, plus 15 active men who could be called up at any point in the season from the minors. Of course, which players among the 15 men that can be called up could be switched at any point in the season. Then, when September rolls around, that roster gets expanded.