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Posted in: New Dodger Ohtani says Seoul MLB games will be 'great memories' for him and wife See in context

@fxgai--yeah I think many know Ippei, and those who follow the two of them can see he is more than a mere contract interpreter. He usually drives their car and films practices. Ippei came to MLB from the Fighters at the same time as Shohei so they are a package deal of sorts. Pretty sweet gig from the looks of it.

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Posted in: Matsuyama wins at Riviera with 62, becoming Asia's most prolific PGA Tour winner See in context

Wow, an amazing new tournament record for a final round. I remember Matsuyama in his prime winning Americas most attended golf event, the Phoenix Open, in back to back years. Riviera win showing he can still compete with anyone.

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Posted in: Trump asks Supreme Court to extend delay in his election interference trial, claiming immunity from prosecution See in context

@Blacklabel--no one is the number of people who bothered to upvote you on this thread today. You can find the words to spin that into a perfect performance if you plow through the dictionary a little more.

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Posted in: Trump asks Supreme Court to extend delay in his election interference trial, claiming immunity from prosecution See in context

Tell us about this Gray person. Is he or she one of the top talents? It is all so murkily mysterious, like a ghost tale by the embers of a campfire. And then an orangish wolfman staggers from the underbrush with a mangled constitution in his paws...

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Posted in: Trump asks Supreme Court to extend delay in his election interference trial, claiming immunity from prosecution See in context

Calling for an insurrection/civil war is not within presidential duties. It is plain everyday common sense. No amount of running to the dictionary helps change that.

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Posted in: Trump asks Supreme Court to extend delay in his election interference trial, claiming immunity from prosecution See in context

@Blacklabel--since you feel all the legal charges for 91 felonies that could lead to centuries of jail time are fictional fantasies, it shouldnt take more than a few minutes to crack a dictionary and prove it to us. Enlighten the masses on the latest weasel words.

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Posted in: Osaka beats Garcia in Qatar to avenge Australian Open loss See in context

@Asiaman7

5--write goofy mash up of what a comedian said and the unrelated case of the worlds highest paid woman athlete winning a few grand prize money for an early round tennis match. Are you sure you are not showing your ass more than Ms. Osaka?

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Posted in: The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995 See in context

Eh, they have not totally disbanded, just changed the name to Dead and Co. out of respect for their former frontman, found replacements for members who did not want to be involved like their bass player pictured above. Next they are doing shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

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Posted in: More students in quake-hit central Japan evacuate to continue studies See in context

@Fighto!--actually not that schools need to be rebuilt, but finding housing for the people sheltering at the schools making them off limits for normal school operations. The article points out that many schools are set to reopen in the coming week, pivoting from their use as a temp shelter.

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Posted in: Nara village revisiting craze of phantom creature for local promotion See in context

@stormcrow--Children of the Corn--not a documentary?

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Posted in: Green takoyaki puts new spin on classic Japanese street food See in context

Dr. Seuss must have the patent for green eggs and ham because you never see it sold anywhere. Or else it just looks too gross to be a viable product.

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Posted in: Trump asks Maine judge for pause to let Supreme Court rule on ballot access See in context

Two comments up. Have your wife or kids read it out loud for you if they are lounging at the pad.

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Posted in: Orderly manner See in context

There is a chance that those at the front of the line are waiting to board a later express or local, not the next arriving train. Then the line will have to file awkwardly around them.

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Posted in: Rafael Nadal's Australian Open withdrawal leaves plenty of questions about his future See in context

@GuruMick--inures is overcondensing his injury, init?

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Posted in: Hopes fade for survivors of Japan quake; 92 dead, 242 missing See in context

@elvis is here--there were tsunami, large enough to tip over and ground boats and push numerous homes inland. Did you mean a tsunami of the scale seen on 3/11/11?

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Posted in: Ohtani agrees to record $700 million 10-year contract with Dodgers See in context

@Smithinjapan--if you meant Ichikawa Ryo, the guy seems to do fine on the JGT, ranking top 10 in earnings this year and last. In 2019 he was 3rd overall with over 100 million yen in prize money plus who knows how much in marketing deals. No need to rip on him for not sticking in the PGA, which now has its own issues with players defecting to LIV.

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Posted in: Ohtani agrees to record $700 million 10-year contract with Dodgers See in context

@Yubaru--You are premature to estimate eight teams have such a low payroll for 2024. Only two were under 70 mil for 2023. The very good small market Brewers were between 110 and 120 million, for example. Why would they drop 50 mil in payroll in one year? Hold your horses until the rosters are fully signed, sheesh!

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Posted in: Space man See in context

@virusrex--less innocuous means less harmless, but I infer your opinion is that him paying for space tourism is more innocuous than buying a megayacht or private plane.

Anyway, it is amazing that a dropout like Maezawa got to this point from his first business trading rare punk music CDs. Guess he found a way to profit from timely trends.

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Posted in: Baseball fans leap into river as 'Curse of the Colonel' lifted See in context

Right, hard to get why you put down whatever people want to be fans of. If you followed the Kochi Fighting Dogs of the four team Shikoku Island League, that would be a cooler baseball purist move than repping the NY Yankmees just cause their hats are sold at any mall. They sell Man U and Barcelona branded balls at the malls because they are the safe and boring global brand teams.

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Posted in: Baseball fans leap into river as 'Curse of the Colonel' lifted See in context

@Wandora--the latest J-league cup was won by unheralded Fukuoka. The thrill of victory following a small club vs. the empty bragging of being a fan of a mid-table mediocrity like the 2nd best team from Manchester. Not checking the PL standings so if Man U is good these days I stand corrected.

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Posted in: Japanese ace Yamamoto headed to MLB after Orix agrees to transfer See in context

Sure, those are all good points. But the name World Series is really just an old brand name for MLBs domestic league final. Simultaneously, MLB is promoting an international World Baseball Classic for national teams. Again, branding. Not much point in trying to parse the meaning of Classic or, in NFL, the Super Bowl. Just the jargon of its day: golly that was a super duper sock hop last Saturday, gosh!

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Posted in: Neuse, Aoyagi lead Tigers to 1st Japan Series title in 38 years See in context

Sending out an APB to the fashion police. A meat-themed team from the north has been infiltrated by imposter Kimetsu no yaeba cosplayers.

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Posted in: Neuse, Aoyagi lead Tigers to 1st Japan Series title in 38 years See in context

Fighters new look not jesterish? One leg black, the other red. Big unneeded collars that time traveled from the 1970s. And Shinjo, bless him, hamming it up as the lil boss. Even his sports car has the same migraine-inducing paint job. Are you and I talking about the same team?

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Posted in: Baseball fans leap into river as 'Curse of the Colonel' lifted See in context

@RB--I knew the Giants had a media monopoly, especially in Tokyo, but to hear no mention of the Tigers in ten years is wild. Have you heard of the better Tokyo team Yakult by chance?

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Posted in: Neuse, Aoyagi lead Tigers to 1st Japan Series title in 38 years See in context

@garypen--in that case, the team must rank the same place in their list of priorities as you put them to have had such long bouts of mediocrity. And it was not a knock against the Fighters, who have amazing young talent such as Manami. Just stating a fact that I saw reported earlier this year, to illustrate why the team is in last place. I think their most talented staffer may be in the sartorial section--some of those jester unis could temporarily blind rival teams.

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Posted in: Japanese ace Yamamoto headed to MLB after Orix agrees to transfer See in context

@fxgai--no, that was not normal but YY was pitching a shutout in his last appearance before the offseason. Some fans were crying in the stands to witness his farewell game. Fairly clear why the manager gave him all 9 innings.

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Posted in: Japanese ace Yamamoto headed to MLB after Orix agrees to transfer See in context

@Yubaru--but if that were true, the Samurai would have had trouble with the all-minor league US team at the Olympics. Or the stronger competition at the WBC this year. Keep stretching your imagination and say NPB is like 5A or 6A while the Samurai continue to hoard gold.

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Posted in: Baseball fans leap into river as 'Curse of the Colonel' lifted See in context

LOL at the charismatic men front and center. They are not diving in to rescue squat. It takes a special kind of fan to brave the chilly sewage plunge.

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Posted in: Neuse, Aoyagi lead Tigers to 1st Japan Series title in 38 years See in context

@kohakuebisu--yes, founded in 1935, around the time Babe Ruth and other all stars held exhibition games.

That long history does not help much if their corporate backing is a single department store and a regional rail line. Hard to justify raising player pay to compete with the Softbanks and Yomiuris of the league.

Lowest payroll team these days is Fighters, owned by a processed meats maker. Would like to see how creative they get with the Ni-Ham team cafeteria menu.

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Posted in: Neuse, Aoyagi lead Tigers to 1st Japan Series title in 38 years See in context

Kyocera Dome is hosting the corporate league championships from Wednesday. My suspicion is that many fans of those teams are employed by the participating companies and got time off and comped tickets to reward the better employees. Joking but you never know.

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