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Righting Wrongs

By Steve Novosel

So it’s just not possible to fix all of the world’s issues in a day. It’s not possible to right all of the wrongs in the Pacific League in a night either. But boy, Rakuten has sure been Kryptonite for our season and beating the stuffing out of them by the tune of [...]

Opposite Day(s)

By Steve Novosel

I present you two pitching matchups:
27 August: Yoshihisa Naruse (LOT) vs Hiroki Yamada (DAI)
28 August: Yuji Yoshimi (LOT) vs Toshiya Sugiuchi (DAI)
And I tell you that Our Marines lost one of those games in disappointing fashion while giving the starter in the other game an epic thrashing [...]

Briefly: Lotte vs Seibu, 25 August

By Steve Novosel

It’s really quite nice that a successful organization like the Seibu Lions allows older folks to work with the younger crowd, and in critical positions, too! I especially like it as a Lotte fan – nothing like a 47-year-old reliever, released last year after YOKOHAMA thought he was washed up, coughing up a fat [...]

Marine Warnings in Effect

By Steve Novosel

I was poking around the Marine Museum after the game to see what new goodies they had in the shop. There was some interesting new items in there, and a bunch of stuff on clearance, so I scooped up a bit, paid my yen, and wandered into the humid evening. Lotte had just [...]

Ii, ne!

By Steve Novosel

This just in: Bill Murphy continues to be awesome. It’s 11 starts on the year and now 9 wins for the Californian lefty.
I took a half day holiday to celebrate the start of the season’s “second half”, and to pay another visit to Seibu Dome. It hasn’t gone well for [...]

We Love Marines

Righting Wrongs

Opposite Day(s)

Briefly: Lotte vs Seibu, 25 August

Marine Warnings in Effect

Ii, ne!

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