Baseball (MLB, WBC, College, etc.)

World Series, Game 6 tonight. :victory: :woot: :fingerscrossed: :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:World Series, Game 6 tonight. :victory: :woot: :fingerscrossed: :sweat:

The Yankee fans are hoping for a World Series win tonight in their new stadium. :woot:

As of right now (top of the 4th) Hideki Matsui has a home run (his 3rd of the series) all 4 rbi's and is hitting .636 for the series.

Can a DH be Series MVP?

Enna wrote:The Yankee fans are hoping for a World Series win tonight in their new stadium. :woot:

The won in their new stadium back in 1923. :victory:

Matsui for MVP. Go Godzilla!

Godzilla update: Now 3-for-3 with 6 rbi's batting .667 for the series. :hot:

He needs a triple to complete the cycle.

Yanks win 7-3.

And Hideki Matsui wins the MVP trophy. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Yanks win 7-3.

And Hideki Matsui wins the MVP trophy. :victory:

Congratulations to the Yankees and to Hideki Matsui! :victory: :applaud: :woot:

Thank you Phillies for such an exciting World Series! :applaud:

Yup, congrats to Matsui, he deserved it. :applaud:

So let's see, spring training begins February, , ,

Enna wrote:Congratulations to the Yankees and to Hideki Matsui! :victory: :applaud: :woot:

Thank you Phillies for such an exciting World Series! :applaud:

That one scene of Chan Ho Park with his chin on the railing and watching the Yankees celebrate made me feel sorta sad... :(

gaijinmark wrote:Yup, congrats to Matsui, he deserved it. :applaud:

So let's see, spring training begins February, , ,

Yup Spring training is just around the corner. I already read two sports articles about Yankees baseball next year. The first one said that the Bronx is going to name a small foot bridge near Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter to encourage him to sign with the Yankees. No guarantee that he will. The second article talked about Hideki Matsui probably not playing next year with the Yankees due to his knee injuries.

bmwracer wrote:That one scene of Chan Ho Park with his chin on the railing and watching the Yankees celebrate made me feel sorta sad...:(

So true! The odd thing about that type of sports competition is that when one team wins the other athletes have to just stand or sit there and watch while the winning team and their fans celebrate. :shamefulcry: Unlike the Oscars or Emmy awards where the losing actors have to pretend they are happy when another actor wins. :P

Enna wrote:Yup Spring training is just around the corner. I already read two sports articles about Yankees baseball next year. The first one said that the Bronx is going to name a small foot bridge near Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter to encourage him to sign with the Yankees. No guarantee that he will. The second article talked about Hideki Matsui probably not playing next year with the Yankees due to his knee injuries.

They talked about that during the game... If they had to choose between Matsui and Damon, they're leaning towards Damon and Matsui could possibly end up with Ichiro in Seattle.

World Series nostalgia: http://premium1.uploadit.org/bmwracer//kirkgibson.MP3 :victory:

The Yomiuri Giants beat the Nippon Ham Fighters tonight 2-0 of game 6 winning the Japan Series. What a fantastic year for manager Hara Tatsunori winning both WBC and Japan Series. :applaud:

Congrats to the Giants! (Even though I'm a Hanshin Tigers fan :beaten: )
I guess Ogasawara made the right move. :victory:

Interesting bit of trivia, the last 5 World Series winners have had at least one Japanese player:

2009 - Yankees - Hideki Matsui

2008 - Phillies - So Taguchi

2007 - Red Sox - Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima

2006 - Cardinals - So Taguchi

2005 - White Sox - Tadahito Iguchi

^ There wasn't a Japanese player on the BoSox when they won in 2004?

EDIT: The only Asian on the 2004 BoSox team was Byung-Hyun Kim. :)

I read these two articles in Japan Today:

Yankees' Matsui files for free agency

Tuesday 10th November, 04:35 PM JST

CHICAGO \

World Series MVP Hideki Matsui, who concluded the last year of a four-year, $52 million contract with the New York Yankees, became a free agent on Monday.

The Yankees have the exclusive right to table their offers to Matsui until Nov. 19. If he is unable strike a deal by then, Matsui can negotiate with other teams, according to baseball sources.

Matsui, who joined the Yankees in 2003, batted .274 with 28 homers and 90 RBIs in 142 games this year.

He drove in six runs in the decisive Game 6 of the World Series and had three home runs and eight RBIs in six games to become the first Japanese-born player to win the series MVP award.

Matsui, an outfielder by trade, was used as a designated hitter this past season and did not play defense because of bad knees. The 35-year-old has already made it clear that he would like to return to the Yankees next season.

However, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has not leaned one way or the other on whether the team will try to bring Matsui back.

eeHefs a great player. When we went to Japan (in 2002) and signed him, it was with the dream that hefd come over and help us win a World Series. Now that hefs done it, I couldnft be happier for him or for us. Hefs a great player. We knew what we had when we first signed him, and that hasnft changed just because he was named MVP of the World Series.fe

In order to give some of the veteran players, such as shortstop Derek Jeter and catcher Jorge Posada, some downtime, the team plans to rotate the designated hitterfs spot next season.


Darvish has stress fracture in right finger

Tuesday 10th November, 04:14 PM JST

TOKYO \

Nippon Ham Fighters ace Yu Darvish has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in the index finger of his right hand, the Pacific League club said Tuesday. A small fracture in the joint was discovered when the 15-game winner visited a Sapporo hospital late on Monday. Darvish will have the joint immobilized for two to three weeks.

Darvish said he first experienced pain after practice on Oct 28 but kept it to himself and threw two-run ball over six innings in a win of Game 2 of the Japan Series on Nov 1. He was removed from the active roster in late September due to discomfort in his throwing shoulder and lower back.[/b]

^ I think Matsui will end up in Seattle.

During the World Series, there was talk about the Yankees having a youth movement... Though guys like A-Rod, Jeter, and Rivera aren't going anywhere.

bmwracer wrote:^ I think Matsui will end up in Seattle.

I think that's out now. The M's re-signed Jr. for another year. They really don't need two guys that can only DH.