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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Asian Guy Power Rankings: 06/29/2009

Much has happened since the last edition of the Asian Guy Power Rankings – we witnessed the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Blake Griffin’s career.  Mariano Rivera recorded his 500th career save.  However, it’s been a pathetically slow and uneventful two weeks for the AGPR.  Daisuke Matsuzaka was disqualified from the AGPR in [...]

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Ichiro & Griffey: Teammates? Stepbrothers? Or… ?

As I was doing my daily due diligence by reading any content that comes up in Google for players in my Asian Guy Power Rankings, I came across this article by The News Tribune’s Larry Larue, which described the impact that Seattle Mariners’ Ken Griffey Jr. has had on Ichiro Suzuki.  Now if I was [...]

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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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Asian Guy Power Rankings: Inaugural Edition

Welcome to the Asian Guy Power Rankings. Each month, the top ten major league baseball players will be ranked in accordance to their most recent performances. Here are the necessary requirements to qualify for the list: (a) must be an active player on a major league baseball team’s roster; (b) must be of at least [...]

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