Writing the Pine

Asian Guy Power Rankings – Midseason Special Edition

After seeing three Asian players selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2006 and two in 2007, I was disappointed to see that Ichiro was the only Asian player selected to the All-Star game.  The last few reserve selections – especially in the outfield – are usually toss-ups, but I felt that Shin-Soo [...]

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I Hate You Castillo, I Love You Aubrey Huff

Ever since Luis Castillo’s unforgivable error that resulted in two runs for the New York Yankees in the New York Mets‘ 9-8 loss in the Bronx, Francisco Rodriguez has not been the same.  Since that unfortunate event, which gave K-Rod his first blown save in 17 opportunities, the following events have transpired: 1) K-Rod got into [...]

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