Writing the Pine

World Series Game 2: A.J. BurNASTY

Nasty. Filthy stuff A.J. Great all-around game by both squads. Two top-tier teams playing top notch baseball. I’m going to recap the game by focusing on some of the key players: A.J. Burnett He’s pitched well in the postseason so far, but had been overshadowed by Pettitte and Sabathia. Tonight, Burnett pitched 7 brilliant innings. 1 run, 9 [...]

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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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Asian Guy Power Rankings: 06/15/2009

Welcome to the second edition of the Asian Guy Power Rankings, headlined by a brand spanking new banner, courtesy of FiveToolPlayer’s artistically talented brother. I have made a few minor tweaks to the AGPR format. AGPR will now be released every other Monday morning and feature the top five performers (thanks to reader Warrior13 for [...]

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