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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    Do you need to stay in North America? Hokkaido, Japan has some of the best and most consistent pow in the world. The equivalent #'s for this season if you plugged Niseko into GoJeff's table below would slot it right above Mammoth, at 338 feet / 86 snow days. Niseko also has a solid English...
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    The Frailty of the Modern Pitcher

    Good question. Intuitively I think the mechanics thing is probably real, and obviously the more you do something without adequate rest the more fatigued you get. That said, in an attempt to answer your question I couldn't find any real evidence. This Fangraphs piece from last year basically says...
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    The Frailty of the Modern Pitcher

    Is this happening? I hadn't realized. I thought the clock largely accomplished what it was supposed to last year; rushing things further seems like a recipe for disaster, pitcher-injury wise.
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    2024 MLB Spring Training News & Notes

    Shohei has announced on instagram that he’s married. A nice statement which I’ll translate later if no one beats me to it, in which he also asked for privacy for his (Japanese) wife and her family. Yakyuu twitter is all abuzz and millions of 20-something Japanese women are in tears. And the...
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    Red Sox signing Liam Hendriks

    Same. Easy guy to root for, loves a good F-bomb, could end up being tremendous value. Not pronouncing R's won't be an issue. Great signing all around. We will need a new Buchholz filter around here ASAP though.
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    2023 NPB & other Asia-Pac leagues

    These quotes are pulled from a few different threads so I wasn't sure where to put this but Rintaro's move is now official -- he's committed to Stanford. https://x.com/stanfordbsb/status/1757585450443886637?s=46&t=xXa7NDH1fxja4LQsGlS2Ow...
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    Offseason rumors

    Happy Offseason of the Draggin'
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    Red Sox to be 1st MLB featured on Netflix series

    After all that he's just going to walk!?
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    2023 Offseason MLB News/Rumors Thread

    In fairness that was more Daniel Bard's fault than Altuve's.
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    Bhutan hopes to be next great baseball country

    Bhump! https://www.mlb.com/news/hudson-valley-renegades-to-have-special-day-for-bhutan-baseball I just hope they don't all quit on baseball after being forced to sit through a game at the Toilet. Edit: Mods is it possible to move this thread to the "MLB Discussion" forum?
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    Top 10 pick forgoes minors, goes to Japan

    Nice article in English on Carter Stewart Jr. Sounds like a good dude whose head is in the right place. Hoping he can take another step forward for the Hawks this year: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/01/2e43960e7720-baseball-hawks-stewart-reflects-on-unique-japan-journey.html
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    Year Two Yoshida

    Nikkan Sports has an article in Japanese saying that Yoshida has finished his own offseason training regimen in Okinawa with a handful of current NPB players. Apparently he posted about it on his Instagram stories, which isn't something I have but I'm sure someone can find if interested. 自主トレ...
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    2023 Offseason MLB News/Rumors Thread

    God I’d completely forgotten (blocked out?) those hideous Fighters uniforms that Shinjo introduced.
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    2023 Offseason MLB News/Rumors Thread

    Rays have signed soon to be 30yo RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa to a Minor League contract, “with an invite to Major League camp.” His negotiating window after posting was just about to close. https://x.com/raysbaseball/status/1745626837810585943?s=46&t=xXa7NDH1fxja4LQsGlS2Ow He pitched to a 2.96 ERA in...
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    ChatGPT's Virtual Town Hall for the Boston Red Sox

    Those are in the "Moves AI'd Make" thread.
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    Roki Sasaki MLB watch -- 2025 probably?

    Yakyu Cosmo has a new video up that is a solid overview of the whole situation. I'd add that Roki is the only guy on the entire Chiba Lotte roster that has yet to agree a new contract for the upcoming year. View: https://youtu.be/VRNzQciL86U?si=t8Sgm2GEswregbtS
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    Offseason rumors

    You've made this point a number of times now -- and I think in general it's a great and interesting point -- but just wanted to say I think you should stop using the 26 HR # as it's a bit disingenuous. As I'm sure you're aware that was the HR leader in the Pacific League, not in Imanaga's...
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    Following Former Red Sox 2023

    Bobby Valentine tore his ACL skiing in Hokkaido. Blamed it on a young snowboarder. Tough to give dance lessons now. A real shame.
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    Yoshinobu Yamamoto signs with Dodgers for 12 years, 325M

    YY had his introductory press conference today: https://x.com/talkinbaseball_/status/1740150130781933756?s=46&t=xXa7NDH1fxja4LQsGlS2Ow transcript of his prepared statement in English: and also said his friend and ex-teammate Yoshida is the hitter he’s most looking forward to facing in MLB...
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    Yoshinobu Yamamoto signs with Dodgers for 12 years, 325M

    Sure, fair. Thank you.