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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Murton's 10th HR this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-fGMUAZN2A #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-0… http://bit.ly/aZA0Hk #
live feed: Yakult vs Yomiuri, featuring Yomiuri's alt uni's: http://www.justin.tv/yakusen_hometown #
Deadline Talent: Last autumn, I compiled a list of guys who I thought would be good candidates to play in NPB this… http://bit.ly/a7PkHR #
NPB Bullet Points: Caraballo Debuts, Kudoh Returns, Chunichi Rolls: A couple of debuts and a new NPB record to sha… http://bit.ly/bAOpaw #
Chulk to Hiroshima: Sponichi tells us that the Hiroshima Carp are wrapping up a deal with Vinnie Chulk. There have… http://bit.ly/cLxfJI #
Lotte to Audition Yabu: Looks like the Chiba Lotte Marines are bringing Keiichi Yabu in for an audition on July 26… http://bit.ly/9S5yxt #
NPB's Fresh All-Star Game, on justin.tv: http://www.justin.tv/yakusen_hometown/b/267145351 #
Hayden Penn gets approx. $180k from Lotte for the remainder of the season. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2010/07/23/20.html #
From the Tokyo Toy Show: http://photos.nikkansports.com/entertainment/toyshow/2010/archives/20100719_3811.html #
Gyro-Cutter: I normally don’t pay much attention to the All-Star Game, but this caught my attention. Yu Darvish un… http://bit.ly/bj3HAS #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-2… http://bit.ly/ci1iUQ #
Vuvuzela's spotted at Haarlem Baseball Week: http://www.honkbalweek.nl/fotosvandedag/rm_hhw2010__MG_0708.jpg #
1st ever MLB signee from Belarus @MisterBaseball Alex Lukashevich of Brest Zubrs signs with Pittsburgh Pirates http://bit.ly/cOlbne #
Wish I had a clip of this: Steinbrenner on SNL, as convenience store owner http://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/90cstore.phtml #
NPB Bullet Points: Foreign Players: A few notes on NPB’s sukketo-tachi, all in Japanese. Retired Cuban slugger Oma… http://bit.ly/biw7pW #
Marc Kroon really lit up the gun the other day: http://bit.ly/brXPZ2 #
Lotte announcement on Hayden Penn coming in a couple days http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2010/07/15/04.html #
awesome, Dontrelle's coming home @mlbtraderumors Dontrelle Willis Signed To Minor-League Deal By Giants http://bit.ly/913jEl #mlb #
“Douage”: I’ve always meant to write about the culture of Japanese baseball, I figure two years in to blog I might… http://bit.ly/djfe8H #
a brief look back at my childhood: http://ffffound.com/image/2f4c1113d811cf3d9509253a481a40f48e4c94e7 #
Nippon Ham vs Rakuten, Darvish tonight: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
Also I guess this is how the Taiwanese write "Darvish": 達比修有 #
Sorry, that would be "Darvish Yu" #
日本語のデータサイトを更新しました。選手一覧を加えました。リンクは、こちらです：http://npbtracker.com/data/jp/player_index.php #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-2… http://bit.ly/9i0zEn #
Quote of the weekend: "I am very hungry. I wish there were hot dogs in jail." http://bit.ly/aNeVsp #
Matt Murton chosen for NPB All-Star game http://bit.ly/cT3DeC #
Will 2010 See a 20-Game Winner?: It’s not year that we see a 20 game winner in NPB. The last pitcher to pull it of… http://bit.ly/9q881B #
RIP Bob Probert #
Randy Bass, 2010 http://bit.ly/9m0xYO #
NPB Bullet Points: Four Unrelated Notes: Title says it all, here are the bullet points. Everything’s in Japanese f… http://bit.ly/d3UNJ4 #
Rebuilding Orix: A year or so ago, I came across a Japanese-language blog called something like “Orix saiken heno … http://bit.ly/dvOyEG #
yikes. 666 followers. #
McDonald's is sponsoring Sumo in Japan: http://bit.ly/93JnVP #
Is Lebron James changing teams or something? #
Re-run – Q & A: Honkbal Hoofdklasse with Rogier van Zon: With the Haarlem Baseball Week about to start, I thought … http://bit.ly/bkTSEp #
New Imports: Penn, Caraballo: A couple of items to note as we inch toward NPB’s July 31 player acquisition deadlin… http://bit.ly/9VInY1 #
video from last night's Hansin/Yokohama game, featuring submarine/sidearmer Shigeru Kaga http://www.justin.tv/yakusen_hometown/b/266481801 #
Live feed: SoftBank vs Lotte: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
Darvish won, but has to wear this jersey: http://bit.ly/a7dS5F #
high five to whomever becomes my 667th follower. #
well, that was fast. high five to @coachshawn8 #
consolation high fives to @calltothepen @tikitomoka @N_Spencer for just missing. #
and live NPB baseball tonight — Seibu vs Rakuten: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20: Matt Murton takes the Central League… http://bit.ly/9bbSPX #
Brian Falkenborg makes all-star team, is tall http://bit.ly/b9vz9X #
mlb parks http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-majorleagueparks.png #
in the wrong line of work: "An MLB source said Zambrano's three-day suspension cost him close to $300,000 in salary." #
live feed: Shingo Takatsu pitching in Taiwan: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
actually, make that, "Shingo struggling with his command in Taiwan" #
Wow, Shingo argued balls and strikes and got pulled from the game immediately. To be fair, the ump made the right call. #
these guys that come on espn after the World Cup… who can possibly enjoy watching these guys? #
Ryota Igarashi is not justifying my optimism in him. #
Where the World Cup players work, a data visualization from Brazil: http://bit.ly/cNDYQi #
2010: A Uniform Odyssey: It’s time again for my annual alternative uniforms roundup. Here’s what we have this year… http://bit.ly/d0tkMX #
Being repeatedly exposed to "Around the Horn" over the last few weeks has inspired me to dust this off: http://bit.ly/4rVFwk #
Charts of the Week: A couple of velocity charts have caught my eye this week. Here they are: Ryota Igarashi has ha… http://bit.ly/9qlm0U #
Today's Matt Murton update: he has a 17-game hitting streak for Hanshin #
live feeds tonight: Lotte vs Seibu: http://www.justin.tv/yakusen_hometown #
and Rakuten vs NIppon Ham: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
Bill Murphy throws a breaking ball in the dirt, catcher misses it, ball his umpire in the cup, rolls away. runner advances two bases #
HR by Nakajima, long double by Takayama, HR by Brown, HR, by Hirao. Wind is blowing out in Chiba; it's not Bill Murphy's day #
highest velocity we've seen from Darvish this year: http://bit.ly/aNC4ZB #
A feed for tonight: Yokohama vs Hiroshima http://www.justin.tv/pinkzonbi #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20: Matt Murton takes the Central League lead in hits with 88! # Twitter Weekly… http://bit.ly/9NerJY #
Fmr Yokozuna Akebono throws out the first pitch at a Rakuten game: http://bit.ly/bCOukY #
minor update to npb tracker data: http://npbtracker.com/data/ #
RT @laughingsquid Original 1979 Pac-Man Drawings by Toru Iwatani http://bit.ly/9hll6V #
fixed some bugs in http://www.npbtracker.com/data. It should work in ie now. If not, let me know. #
Footage of June 24 Yokohama vs Chunichi: http://www.justin.tv/chihling/b/265753103. Wei-Yin Chen pitches for Chunichi. #
The Makuhari Steamroller: Put the 2010 Chiba Lotte Marines season down as something I was wrong about. In a year w… http://bit.ly/auXviy #
Fastballs in NPB: Was playing around with the ol’ db and wrote a quick query to pull out average fastball velociti… http://bit.ly/cyZ6fp #
Foreign Player Signings: Fernandez, Harper: A couple of new imports this week to report… Seibu has brought back Jo… http://bit.ly/aBMdHg #
Matt Murton has taken over the NPB batting avg lead at .355 #
Ichiro getting on base to be knocked in by Alvin Davis would have looked something like this: http://bit.ly/bUxUFC #
live feeds tonight: Orix vs Seibu: http://www.justin.tv/shileemusic #
SoftBank vs Rakuten: http://www.justin.tv/aa5332 #
Lotte vs Nippon Ham: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
Got the whole Pacific League covered tonight! #
Inaba came this [ ] close to hitting a grand slam, had to settle for a bases-clearing triple #
Pacific League Live: If you’re a non-Windows user like me, here are some live feeds: Lotte vs Nippon Ham: http://w... http://bit.ly/a6RyIB #
Concept art from District 9 http://bit.ly/9Lz1bT #
Yu Darvish's era? 1.50. #
such a class move @extrabaggs #sfgiants Giants retire Monte Irvin's number http://bit.ly/91hqvG #
live feed for tonight: http://www.justin.tv/shileemusic #
SoftBank vs Rakuten on this feed, quality not great: http://www.justin.tv/aa5332 #
gotta say, the Taiwanese sure know how to advertise motor oil. #
NPB Bullet Points: Home Runs: Alright, time for another edition of NPB Bullet Points. Today we’ll look at some not… http://bit.ly/ab9Szi #
Looks like Yokohama is moving Chris Bootcheck into the rotation. He won his first start yesterday. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-2… http://bit.ly/aElDJm #
Draft Prospects: Interesting Names: By a wide margin, the Japanese-language blog I read the most is Draft Report. … http://bit.ly/bTXP6l #
Yakult acquires Washington 3A bat Josh Whitesell. Whitesell will get $300k for the rest of the season. #
Great pic of Jason Standridge's wife & son http://www.sanspo.com/baseball/photos/100608/bsb1006080517005-p1.htm #
Matsuzaka's win tonight was his 150th between Japan and the US #
Johjima's birthday cake: http://www.sanspo.com/baseball/photos/100609/bsb1006090503006-p1.htm #
A week or so late on this, but lemme plug Japan Times baseball writer Jason Coskrey, now on Twtter @JCoskrey #
Re-run: Keith Law on Darvish vs Strasburg: On the day that Stephen Strasburg made his MLB debut, we dust off this … http://bit.ly/bOn5s6 #
I really like seeing high round draft picks sign quickly. #
Nice job @enosarris on Hisa Takahashi: http://bit.ly/avdoN4 #
add insult to injury: Philly's hockey area has a sign that says "Welcome to Comcast country". C'mon Philley, is that the best you can do? #
Song for tonight: Here Come The Hawks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p252m-k9V_c #blackhawks #stanleycup #
Craig Brazell fouls a pitch off his face: http://bit.ly/bYiTh5 he left the game, but it seems like he escaped with a busted lip #
iPhone pancake: http://www.jimspancakes.com/2010/06/just-got-an-iphone-4g-its-delicious/ #
alirght, it's Friday. Looking to follow a few more people. Got any suggestions? #
Jay Mariotti: why he is paid to express his opinions is life's greatest mystery #
Darvish’s Workload & Elbow: I didn’t post anything beyond a tweet about this at the time, but Yu Darvish mis… http://tinyurl.com/2bylv6s #
Hiroshima vs Seibu on justin.tv: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
Yakult vs Rakuten on this one: http://www.justin.tv/chihling #
live feeds tonight: Yakult vs Rakuten http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix #
and Yokohama vs Orix http://www.justin.tv/chihling #
I think I know which one I'll watch #
Darvish's start from yesterday: http://www.justin.tv/iammatrix/b/265135208 watch it before it gets zapped. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-1… http://bit.ly/ahLjgd #
Did the NBA Finals matchup remind anyone else of this? http://bit.ly/a6HktC #
Orix Pursuing Segi: Over the weekend, I caught a number of articles on Orix’s pursuit of 1B/DH Fernando Seguignol…. http://bit.ly/bQpQHx #
Congratulations, Ryo!: I’d like to extend congratulations Ryo Shinkawa, who earlier this year moved on from NPB Tr… http://bit.ly/dCEzuO #
re: Galaragga call — 2nd base umpire saw the play too. Also ESPN ragged on the Halladay umpire for calling a wide strike zone #
Fernando Seguignol joins Orix, on the cheap at $300k http://bit.ly/dBQoBC #
Somebody searching for “pirates acquire yu darvish” landed at npbtracker.com #
gotta like @BenBadler ‘s #FF: @MelissaSeguraSI, @Enrique_Rojas1, @npbtracker, @MisterBaseball, @jorgearangure and @billazbbphotog #
#FF some of my FanGraphs buds @jh_moore @d_a_cameron @joepawl @enosarris @fangraphs @cistulli #
Eric Stults’ velocity is improving; results have been getting better too though not directly correlated http://bit.ly/d5f1dY #
Darvish felt a twinge in his elbow, missed his start vs Yomiuri. Manager Nashida expects him to make his next start http://bit.ly/aKXyik #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16: Congrats to former Chunichi Dragon o… http://bit.ly/91Typg #
Blackhawks Advance and Site Update: So just as I suspected/feared, the Blackhawks proved to be too much for the Sh… http://bit.ly/cErkMU #
A little Nintendo nostalgia for today: http://sydlexia.com/nesquotes2.htm #
Hideki Irabu arrested for drunk driving in LA: http://www.sanspo.com/baseball/news/100526/bsr1005260840002-n1.htm #
harder than it looks: http://www.sporcle.com/games/jonesjeffum/mlbnumber #
wondering if Johnny Damon regrets signing with Detroit now that Steve Yzerman is with Tampa Bay #
Heard Sweet Child o' Mine on the drive into work this morning. @Slash rules. #
New project in beta: http://npbtracker.com/data/player_index.php. Still working out the kinks but it should be usable enough. #
ps, IE users let me know how it looks. #
Mets fans: Igarashi's velocity over the course of last season: http://npbtracker.com/data/player.php?p_id=250 #
And Takahashi's http://npbtracker.com/data/player.php?p_id=258 #
Seibu vs Yomiuri on justin.tv http://www.justin.tv/bi0z0mbie #
NPB Bullet Points: Petagine Lands, New Jobs for Scouts: It’s been all too long since I’ve done a bullet points rou… http://bit.ly/91DIga #
Extrapolating Another New Feature: One itch leads to another. I took the work I did a couple weeks ago to get Hide… http://bit.ly/bKDMhz #
Giants starter Shun Tohno removed after 6ip despite having a no-hitter going. He had thrown 99 pitches. #
Another game: Marines vs BayStars http://www.justin.tv/wkwlxjf #
Daisuke Ochi blows Yomiuri no-hitter #
Crowd Pleaser: This video is seven seconds long. It’s worth spending seven seconds on.
The pitcher? The now f… http://bit.ly/b8nARI #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16: Congrats to former Chunichi Dragon on becoming Seattle's hitting coach http… http://bit.ly/bhfTLr #
A Feature Is Born: On May 7, Hideaki Wakui of the Seibu Lions tossed a one-hitter against the SoftBank Hawks. A lo… http://bit.ly/cvc5jM #
The Latest in the Darvish/MLB Saga: I was going to ignore this story, but it just got interesting.
A couple of day… http://bit.ly/aDkGof #
impressed with Hisa Takahashi's line in his first start! 6 IP, 0 ER, 0 R, 5 K, 1 BB, 5 H against NYY. #
Just noticed that three guys with NPB exp. pitched for the Mets today: Takahashi, Dessens, Feliciano. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Congrats to former Chunichi Dragon on becoming Seattle's hitting coach http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5175375 #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-2… http://bit.ly/duGKee #
Yakult Looking for Offensive Help: Yakult has struggled so far this season, and is currently occupying last place … http://bit.ly/9P8fEk #
$31,600 Atari game: http://bit.ly/a08dag #
Blackhawks Vs Sharks and the NHL Playoffs: It’s playoff time. Has been for a couple weeks, in fact. One year ago t… http://bit.ly/cvtZn5 #