There isn't a link up to the MLB.com Gameday application yet, but the game is scheduled to start at 6:30 pm PT (and let's have the people on the East Coast do the math this time instead of the other way around). Gameday link
The likely starting pitcher for Korea will be Chan Ho Park (that could change by the time you read this) and either En-Yu Lin or Ying-Chieh Lin will start for Taiwan (aka Chinese Taipei).
Not exactly a big crowd at the Tokyo Dome for this game. I imagine that the expensive tickets and the fact that the game doesn't have Japan and the fact that the game is being played during the workweek (Friday at 11:30 am) isn't going to be a big draw.
It sort of has a feel of those first round games early in the morning in the NCAA tournament.
Keep in mind that the bullpens at the Tokyo Dome are hidden so you will not see anyone warming up unless the director remembered to set up a camera underneath the stadium.
The ball is a little smaller, but the biggest difference is that they use horsehide in Asia and cowhide in North America. And North American balls have higher seams.
14 players hit over 30 home runs in the NPB season last year.
I have the basketball game on mute. And I'm enjoying the ambient noise from Tokyo.
The attendance at this game will be listed at 55,000 I predict. That is the official capacit of the Tokyo Dome. Which doesn't have 55,000 seats (it has around 35-40,000).
Meanwhile, Casey remains on his perch in my closet, staring down at me like a feline Wally Cox sitting in the upper right hand square waiting to be called on for the block.
I think I will just send it back and get my money back.
I bought some kids Red Wings sweaters for my nephews for Christmas. They said "one size fits all". Turned out that it fit the little one perfectly and the big one found it snug, but insisted on keeping it.
It sort of has a feel of those first round games early in the morning in the NCAA tournament.
The video pauses a lot but the audio continues.
For comparison purposes, the first FIFA World Cup game drew a crowd of 1,000.
Koreans and Taiwanese do the same cheers as the Japanese with the exception of them being in different languages of course.
It's "Chinese Taipei".
Remember that the winner of this game is likely moving on to the next round unless they choke against China.
But I like how they hired an English-speaking PA announcer (and a male one) to make the repeated "Please watch out for foul balls".
I don't think the Asian teams are going to be in bad physical shape either since they start their training camps really early anyway.
TPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 1
KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
And that you have to adjust your perception of the statistics. A 30 HR season in Japan is considered a good year. As opposed to over here I guess.
I too am watching from the comp Bob, but I'm chatting with my dad who is watching it live from Tokyo(he lives in Fuchu)
The ball is a little smaller, but the biggest difference is that they use horsehide in Asia and cowhide in North America. And North American balls have higher seams.
14 players hit over 30 home runs in the NPB season last year.
I think Lin is out of pitches.
So who are the 80 guys who aren't any good?
And Jason Grilli!
But David Dellucci dropped out.
11 pitches.
I wonder what happened to the English-language feed. Synchronization problems?
The attendance at this game will be listed at 55,000 I predict. That is the official capacit of the Tokyo Dome. Which doesn't have 55,000 seats (it has around 35-40,000).
12-4 UCLA (losing)
12-5 Washington (won)
11-5 Cal (winning)
11-6 Arizona (won)
11-6 Stanford (won)
Who knows their tiebreakers? We could have five teams within a game of each other with one game to go.
Then it would come down to a Cal-Ari tiebreaker. That would favor Arizona because they would have swept Washington.
That would be a welcome change.
I don't think so. Would you like to some time?
Korea 2, Taiwan 0
I assume Park pitches the 9th. He's only thrown 20 pitches.
Chan Chih-Yao pinch hitting.
Korea wins 2-0 and as long as they beat China tomorrow, they are U.S. bound.
UCLA wins the conference with a either win over Stanford Saturday or a loss by Washington at Arizona.
Because we wouldn't want to get confused would we?
You have the option of receiving my eternal gratitude or a Team Canada Olympic hockey sweater which I found out doesn't fit me.
Hockey sweaters are supposed to be baggy so you can put your pads on underneath them.
Are you sure they are people?
I bought some kids Red Wings sweaters for my nephews for Christmas. They said "one size fits all". Turned out that it fit the little one perfectly and the big one found it snug, but insisted on keeping it.
UCLA will be 1 or 2
Washington could be 1 through 5.
Arizona, Cal, Stanford could be as high as 2 or as low as 5.
Oregon State, Arizona State, and Washington State are all at the bottom.
The Korea hats look like what I wore in little league. Cooler unis though...and Seo looks a lot bigger than he did in NY...
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