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16 Year old Eri Yoshida: Japan’s First Female Pro Baseball Player

Change. 16 year old Japanese High School student Eri Yoshida smashed gender barriers after being drafted by the independent professional baseball team Kobe 9 Cruise. Standing at 5 feet and weighing in at 115 lbs, Yoshida pitches a very impressive side-arm knuckle ball. Her recent signing gives her the distinction of being the first lady in Profession Baseball in Japan to play against men. Eri is quoted as being inspired by Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield and hopes to progress to t

20 Nov 2008, 1:33 am | click here to view more

OSU women crush Houston

Oregon State buried Houston 69-47 on Wednesday in a women’s basketball game that wasn’t anywhere close as close as that lopsided score would indicate. The Beavers led by 30 laste in the first half and sort of played out the string from there, as their early intensity disappeared after halftime. The Beavers won their first two games by a combined 77 points. Granted, Sacramento State, a 100-45 victim on Nov. 16, isn’t very good, but the Cougars were 2-0 and should be not less than a middle-of-the

20 Nov 2008, 1:24 am | click here to view more

On The HOT SEAT with BaseballdeWorld’s Marvin Moore

I first played email-tag with BaseballdeWorld founder and Chief Editor Marvin Moore early last spring. The reclusive, hermit-like former sports editor and Swiss national baseball team manager was a deeply private individual (who shunned baseball forums and message boards) who walked away from the game a decade ago determined to live a normal life. Moore was a standout prep baseball player at Seagoville High School close Dallas (Texas) where he hit .478 and was the team Offensive Player of the Y

20 Nov 2008, 1:10 am | click here to view more

Links for November 19th

Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management Microsoft Silverlight loses Major League Baseball to Adobe Flash - Network World SAP Slashes NetWeaver Developer Subscription Price - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership The SDN community should be a bit glad. While we every adore free stuff, hey, what're you gonna do. Also, compare to Microsoft BizSpark. Sun adds query analysis tool to MySQL Enterprise Zenoss Adds Native Installer for Apple Mac OS X to Zenoss Core 2.3 - Commercial Open

20 Nov 2008, 1:00 am | click here to view more

Mariners make Wakamatsu first Asian American manager

Mariners make Wakamatsu first Asian American manager Washington - The Seattle Mariners on Wednesday hired Don Wakamatsu as manager, becoming the first Major League Baseball team ever to give the job to an Asian American. Seattle Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik announced in a press conference that Wakamatsu, 45, had been hired to reverse the fortunes of a team that posted one of baseball's worst records in 2008. "We wanted someone who sees the big picture and cares about the players and

20 Nov 2008, 12:58 am | click here to view more

Coming Up Roses!

During my week in Arizona at the Royals scout school, I came in contact with a great deal of people and made numerous friends. I’m already closer to some of the guys I met in Surprise than I am to many people I look and talk to everyday. I guess there IS something to the fraternity of baseball. Anyway, one of the guys I got to know well while at scout school was former Major League outfielder, Roosevelt Brown. “Rosey,” as we got to know him, was also a student in the class. He wasn’t the only

20 Nov 2008, 12:53 am | click here to view more

Aramis Ramirez Has Sights Set On 2009 World Baseball Classic

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Chicago Cubs slugger Aramis Ramirez has decided to play for the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Winter League to prepare for the 2009 World Baseball Classic in March. Ramirez told the Associated Press that “I must request the permission of the CUbs to play (in the Dominican baseball), but I believe that it would be a good idea to take advantage of the winter league to put me in form for the Classic.” The 33-year-old third baseman last suited up for Licey in 2001-02 when he

20 Nov 2008, 12:51 am | click here to view more

KNBSB Honors Game Officials

NETHERLANDS - The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) on Saturday honored its game officials (baseball and softball umpires, official scorers) from the highest level through the minor leagues for their work in the past season. Three of them received a decoration. Full Article: http://home.wxs.nl/~stoov/headline-e.htm#1511

20 Nov 2008, 12:50 am | click here to view more

Looking Back at an Expert League 2008 Draft

It’s easy to look back at a league you just lost in and arrive up with several ‘What ifs’ that would’ve led your team to victory. I’m going to take a look at one of my expert league teams that sucked it - coming in 8th out of 12 in a league set up by Brock for Broglio and co-won by Tim Dierkes of RotoAuthority and Tim McLeod of Rotorob.  Rotonomics finished a disappointing 10th, obviously hobbled by their Timlessness. I finished with 57.5 points.  The co-winners finished with 95 points.  How mu

20 Nov 2008, 12:49 am | click here to view more

Political Protests End Cal Ripken’s Youth Clinics In Nicaragua Early

NICARAGUA - Former major league “iron man” Cal Ripken was forced to cancel a youth baseball clinic in Nicaragua on Tuesday due to political protests and road blocks. Sponsors shelved the final clinic in Leon because protesters were blocking major roads in and outside of the city. The U.S. Embassy said that organizers were concerned parents and the youth participants would not be able to attend. Protests surrounding recent local election have resulted in opposition party supporters clashing wi

20 Nov 2008, 12:46 am | click here to view more

CBB Top 50 Countdown: Number 35 Matt Thomson (San Diego)

The CBB continues our countdown to the 2009 College Baseball season with our Top 50 players to watch. We will be providing one player each day (Monday-Saturday) until we reach number 1. We continue the list today with junior right handed pitcher Matt Thomson from the University of San Diego. He is a 6-4 195 pound righty from Santa Rosa California. He spent one season with Santa Rosa Community College after playing high school baseball with El Molino High School. Matt Thomson spent the 2008 s

20 Nov 2008, 12:36 am | click here to view more

The Definitive Collection (Baseball Edition) - 1984 Don Mattingly

Player: Don Mattingly Set: 1984 Topps, Fleer and Donruss Card Number: 8, 131, and 248 respectively Why is These Cards are Must Have?: In the mid 80s, Don Mattingly was THE CARD you had to possess.  If you were lucky enough, you had the 1984 Donruss Mattingly.  In 1984 he was 5th in MVP voting,  in 1985 he won it outright and in 1986 he came in second.  His cards started spiralling out of control.  I remember the Donruss going for nearly $75 in tardy 1986.  Here was a guy on America’s team, who

20 Nov 2008, 12:15 am | click here to view more

Top 10 awful things that might happen any minute now in sports

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool 10. Team and/or league failures. Yes, the Dow Jones goes up and down, and assuming you aren't retiring any minute now, it's usually best not make yourself too crazy over it. But nearly 40% of the value of *the entire damn thing* has more or less disappeared in the last six months or so. A similar, um, correction, has happened to the value of housing. I receive that teams are toys for people who have more money than they know what to do with, but the math is the mat

20 Nov 2008, 12:13 am | click here to view more

OFFSEASON BASEBALL POEMS!!!

.The shape of diamondsacross the countryare covered nowin numberswhite linesand dashesand the unholysoundof metal clashing Invaderswill not be toleratedfor long

20 Nov 2008, 12:12 am | click here to view more

Top 10 Best improvised blunt-object weapons!

Is this the nice of thing that keeps you up at nights? Wondering what things in your home you could bludgeon guests with? Well, wonder no longer! Your one-cease source for guest-bludgeoning tips has arrive up with a highly practical resource! 1. Crowbar I know it doesn’t look like it in that picture but those things are usually pretty heavy in my experience, not for chicks or weak men unless slow swings at the knee/shin are of your opponent is useful in a particular confrontation. They can als

20 Nov 2008, 12:10 am | click here to view more

Peace, Love and Thunderstanding: The Debut

After a week in which Oklahoma City’s big league franchise lost every four of its games by an average margin of 16 points, this seemed like the perfect time to start a weekly column chronicling the inaugural season of Thunder basketball. When Patrick suggested this column handing out weekly awards he wanted to call it “Clark Matthews Thunderwear”. I vetoed the title thinking it sounded like I was promoting NBA apparel. He came back with “Clark Matthews’ Dirty Thunderwear”. Eventually, we were a

20 Nov 2008, 12:09 am | click here to view more

Angelswin.com Interview with Dino Ebel

Interview conducted by Adam Dodge - Angelswin.com Senior Writer Angels third base coach Dino Ebel took time out of his busy off-season to answer questions exclusively for the Angelswin.com online community. Angelswin.com: During the regular season we hear so often from (Manager) Mike Scioscia, after a tough loss, things like “we need to turn the page.” You can’t really do that after a post-season loss. How long does a loss in the post-season stick with you into the off-season? Or is it somet

20 Nov 2008, 12:02 am | click here to view more

YES NO MAYBE x NEW ERA 「FEZ」59fifty Cap

YES NO MAYBE pays tribute to the tardy and great Tommy Cooper with their Fez NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted baseball cap. Tommy Cooper was an Anglo-Welsh prop comedian and magician known for making an art out of getting magic tricks wrong. Also he was well known for his Fez cap. The cap features a wealthy Red Velour crown with Yes No Maybe logo embroidery on the back, Gold silk lining and a tassle for the perfect touch. Available now at YNM’s online store. No I’m never gonna do it without the Fez on. Oh,

19 Nov 2008, 11:25 pm | click here to view more

Laughter - Thankful Thursdays

Sometimes I receive in the habit of not being able to look the forest for the trees.  Today is one of those days. I woke up with a screaming headache and was instantly grateful that the Little Imp was at Montessori today.  Then I remembered that the hubby had an ass-crack-o'-the-morning early meeting and wouldn't be able to drop her off, as is the norm for the days she goes to school.  Crap!  That meant I had to lug my big behemoth of an ass out of bed and bundle up and take the Little Imp i

19 Nov 2008, 11:23 pm | click here to view more

Rule Five Deadline

Thursday, November 20th is the deadline for MLB teams to file their reserve lists with the commissioner’s office identifying players on the roster for the MLB and every minor league rosters.  These are lists used for the Rule 5 Draft on December 11th in Vegas.  (Lets pause here and acknowledge the genius of placing nearly every baseball executive, every of the agents, the major media, and thousands of job seekers let loose in Vegas for five days.) Any player who is not on an MLB team’s 40-man rost

19 Nov 2008, 11:18 pm | click here to view more