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• Charging the Mound: Japanese Style

  Published: September 21, 2007, 11:54 am

  Tags: K Man, Youtube Baseball, International Baseball, Baseball Fight, Baseball On Youtube, Charging The Mound, Japan Baseball, Japanese Baseball, Rod Allen, Tony Batista, Video, Youtube

  Charging the Mound: Japanese Style To show off our rarely used YouTube capabilities, here’s two of showcases of what charging the mound in Japan is all about. Note to pitchers: Man Up, Bitches! Tony Batista is clever Rod Allen is going to kill you!

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• John McDonald Gold Glove Update

  Published: September 21, 2007, 5:52 pm

  Tags: Calman, Toronto Blue Jays, Youtube Baseball, 2007 Season, Baseball Defense, Gold Glove, John Mcdonald, Range Factor

  John McDonald Gold Glove Update A little while ago I wrote an article on why John McDonald should win the gold glove award. Since then I’ve finally been able to track down some dazzling gold-glove-worthy Johnny Mac plays, or as they say over at Drunk Jays Fans, “The Prime Minister of Defence.” Here they are:

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• Kelly Gruber Haunts My Dreams

  Published: September 23, 2007, 11:34 am

  Tags: Calman, Toronto Blue Jays, Youtube Baseball, Commentary, Delirium, Hallucinations, Kelly Gruber, Zma

  Kelly Gruber Haunts My Dreams So I started taking a mineral supplement last night called ZMA which is supposed to give you weird dreams and let me tell you, last night’s was AWESOME!! Okay, let me start off by saying that these ZMA fueled dreams are incredibly vivid and lifelike. The dream started off with me finding out that in a

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• Venezuelan Baseball

  Published: October 1, 2007, 8:12 am

  Tags: Calman, Youtube Baseball, International Baseball, Alejandro Carrasquel, Arepas, Caracas, Polar Ice, Valencia Magallenes, Venezuela Baseball, Venezuelan Baseball

  Baseball Continuing the series of International Baseball articles, up next is Venezuela. Venezuela is close in population to Canada with 26 million residents yet they send more players to the big leagues. This is probably because aside from baseball, there isn’t much competition other than soccer. Again, much

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• The Scoop on the Fielder Kerfuffle

  Published: October 14, 2007, 11:50 am

  Tags: Youtube Baseball, Mr X, Cecil Fielder, Prince Fielder

  will never, ever go to a baseball game to see my son play. I ain’t going.’ I will watch him play, but I ain’t going. Because that was probably the worst thing that I have ever dealt with on the baseball field or at a ballpark. My son, this kid that I raised in baseball, telling me to leave the ballpark. I ain’t never

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• Ted Williams Museum & Hitters Hall of Fame Video

  Published: October 22, 2007, 3:40 pm

  Tags: K Man, Hall Of Fame, Youtube Baseball, Baseball Hall Of Fame, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Ted Williams, Tropicana Field

  I put them together into a YouTube slideshow presentation. The Hall of Fame makes a trip to the Trop a must if your in the area during the regular season.

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• Panamanian Baseball

  Published: October 27, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Calman, Youtube Baseball, Baseball History, International Baseball, Carlos Lee, Estadio Nacional, International Baseball, Manny Corpas, Manny Sanguillen, Mariano Rivera, Panama Baseball, Panamanian Baseball, Rod Carew

  is really only one true baseball stadium in Panama, that being Estadio Nacional, later renamed Rod Carew Stadium. It seats approximately 25,000 fans. As far as amateur highlights, there isn’t really a lot to talk about. Panama thrice hosted the Caribbean World Series, in 1952, 1956 and 1960, but has been unable to sustain

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• Arizona Fall League ‘07 Update

  Published: October 28, 2007, 12:04 pm

  Tags: Calman, Futures Market, Toronto Blue Jays, Youtube Baseball, Commentary, Arizona Fall League, David Purcey, Evan Longoria, Jays Prospects, Joe Savery, Max Scherzer, Sergio Santos, Travis Snider

  Arizona Fall League ‘07 Update Evan Longoria, Travis Snider and Sergio Santos are powering a Scottsdale Scorpions surge while two international teams have been added to the AFL Team China and Team USA have been added to the AFL schedule. Team USA will play 6 games against Arizona Fall League opponents before heading to Taiwan for the

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• Japanese Baseball

  Published: October 30, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: Calman, Youtube Baseball, Baseball History, International Baseball, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, Japan Baseball, Japanese Baseball, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Koshien, Mr Baseball, Onigiri, Sadaharu Oh, Tom Selleck, Tuffy Rhodes

  in the major leagues. Many baseball fans are trying to push Oh into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, even though Oh never played MLB. But neither did Josh Gibson from the Negro Leagues, and Gibson’s in the Hall. The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown was originally established to honor those who played Major League

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• Yu Darvish - Best Pitcher in Japan?

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Bio, Calman, Youtube Baseball, International Baseball, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese Baseball, Nippon Ham Fighters, Trey Hillman, Yu Darvish

  in Koshien High school Baseball Tournament 4 times, and in one game was an active participant in combining to pitch a no-hitter. He was drafted No.1 by Nippon Ham Fighters out of Tohoku high school in 2004. Darvish’s fastball tops out at 153kph (approximately 95mph). He has 5 secondary pitches: a sinker, slider, curve, changeup and

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• Alaskan Baseball

  Published: November 30, 2007, 7:22 am

  Tags: Baseball History, Calman, Toronto Blue Jays, Youtube Baseball, Alaska Baseball League, David Bush, Jason Frasor, Jeff Kent, Midnight Sun Game

  Alaskan Baseball I was thinking a while back about the articles written here about Ottawa Lynx baseball and the failure of many Canadian teams due to the “inclement weather”. There is a league that manages to be successful despite being precariously close to the Arctic Circle - the Alaskan Baseball League. (more…)

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• Book Review: Satchel Sez

  Published: December 20, 2007, 8:11 am

  Tags: Book Reviews, Hall Of Fame, K Man, Youtube Baseball, Book Review, Negro Leagues, Pictorial, Satchel Paige

  Book Review: Satchel Sez (more…)

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• DoubleDay Field Slideshow Video

  Published: February 15, 2008, 12:53 pm

  Tags: Baseball Lore, Hall Of Fame, K Man, Youtube Baseball, Baseball Video, Cooperstown, Doubleday Field, Hof

  DoubleDay Field Slideshow Video (more…)

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• Exclusive Tom Henke Music Video

  Published: February 24, 2008, 8:31 pm

  Tags: Baseball Lore, K Man, Toronto Blue Jays, Youtube Baseball, Baseball Video, Music Video, Terminator, Tom Henke, Toronto Blue Jays

  Exclusive Tom Henke Music Video (more…)

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• Futures Market: Wilson Ramos Bio & Video

  Published: May 16, 2008, 8:00 am

  Tags: 2008 Season, Futures Market, K Man, Minor League Baseball, Baseball Prospects, Minnesota Twins, Video, Wilson Ramos, Youtube Baseball

  Futures Market: Wilson Ramos Ramos is Baseball America’s #3 ranked prospect in the Twins organization. A Bio & an Exclusive Video that I shot when I attended a minor league game down in Dunedin are the spoils for clicking the “round the bases” link below. (more…)

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