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Wladimir Balentien going for Japanese HR record
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He didn't chase a ball out of the strike zone, did he? Holy cow!Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
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In the past, Japanese pitchers have "pitched around" gaijin hitters trying to break Oh's record...."You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski
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Originally posted by Fresno Bob View PostIn the past, Japanese pitchers have "pitched around" gaijin hitters trying to break Oh's record....
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Originally posted by Fresno Bob View PostIn the past, Japanese pitchers have "pitched around" gaijin hitters trying to break Oh's record....Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
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Originally posted by rhd View PostSome irony in this is that Oh is only half Japanese himself. I believe that at the time this meant that he could not be a Japanese citizen. So he was sort of a "gaijin" himself."You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski
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Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Postthe other half is Okinawian (sp?), right....it's like us claiming people with one parent from Hawaii aren't american....but that's Japan for you
The same thing happens here. I've had people tell me that I'm not really German because my father wasn't of German extraction--even though my mother was BORN in Germany to a family that had lived there for over 200 years. Some people have questioned my American status because my mother is "only" a naturalized citizen, not a native. I think some insecure people look for any reason to exclude others and thereby make themselves seem better.Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
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Originally posted by Don Quixote View PostI think most people look for any reason to exclude others and thereby make themselves seem better.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Anyway, getting back to the subject--Good luck to Balentien. I never felt like he got a real chance in the majors here, that he was dismissed as a AAAA slugger only. I hope he doesn't get the Hank Greenberg treatment in his quest to break the record.Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
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Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Postthe other half is Okinawian (sp?), right....it's like us claiming people with one parent from Hawaii aren't american....but that's Japan for you
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Originally posted by revo View PostHe's actually half-Taiwanese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh
Another famous Japan League record holder is only half-Japanese. Sachio Kinugasa, who holds the consecutive games record, had an African-American father.
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Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Post....it's like us claiming people with one parent from Hawaii aren't american....“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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Balentien with bomb #55 last night. From Rotoworld--
"Wladimir Balentien tied the single-season Japanese single-season home run record by corking No. 55 on Wednesday.
He equaled the feat previously accomplished by three players: Sadaharu Oh in 1964, Tuffy Rhodes in 2001 and Alex Cabrera in 2002. Balentien, who played for the Reds and Mariners, hit 31 homers in each of the past two seasons for the Yakult Swallows. He has 21 games left to break one of Japan's most fabled records."
"Corking"? Is someone doing the saying-without-saying-it-directly bit? Maybe trying to cast a shadow on the gaijin's upcoming record-breaker?Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
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The sooner the world stops caring about a persons place of birth, and the place his parents were born, the better off we'll all be. The only thing less relevant about who a person is than where is mom happened to be physically located when she gave birth is where a person's mom and dad were physically located when they were born.
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