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Archived News of Frank's Field of Dreams

"The Old Reflector"
"Minor Details."
The Red Sox claimed first baseman Hee-Seop Choi
off waivers from the Dodgers, while Devil Rays' reliver
Shinji Mori will likely miss the entire 2006 with a torn labrum.
(3/26)
Sox claim Choi off waivers
Mori has a torn labrum

"Best of the Best."
Japan won the 1st World Baseball Classic, by defeating
Cuba 10 - 6. Japan's starter, Daisuke Matsuzaka won the MVP
honor by pitching 4 solid innings, with his only mistake of
the game coming at the leadoff hitter of Cuba Eduardo Paret,
who smacked a HR. Congratulation to Japan for winning the WBC.
(3/21)
Japan crowned Classic's first champ

"Table Turned."
 South Korea, which played a flawless defense as they have zero
error during the entire WBC, strong pitching staff with ERA of 1.33,
and clutch hitting by its players finally have their luck run out
last night. Japan, became the team that play great defense,
shutting down opposition hitters, and opened the scoring with
5 runs in the 7th inning and went on to dethrone and hand the
South Koreans its first loss and send them home packing with
the 6 - 0 victory. Both Koji Uehara and Jae Seo (Dodgers)
pitch marvelously, but it was the timely decision made by Japan
manager Sadaharu Oh and changed the game's momentum.
Ichiro (Mariners) had 3 hits, and Aki Otsuka (Rangers) shuts
the door for the win. Good Luck to Japan as they will take on
Cuba in the final tomorrow night at 9 ET. Represent Asia well.
(3/19)
Third time's the charm for Japan

"Asian Clash."
 Team Japan and Team South Korea will clash again for the
3rd time in the WBC tonight on ESPN at 10 pm ET. Will South Koreans
beat its Asian rival for the 3rd straight time, or will the Japanese
finally beat its Asian rival and advance to the Championship?
(3/18)

"Korea Wins Again."
Believe it, South Korea is the best team in the WBC right now.
Chan Ho Park pitched 5 shutout innings, and Jong Boem Lee
hit a clutch 2 runs double in the 8th inning to help the team past
Japan again, this time by the score of 2 - 1. South Korea's
pitching staff compiles ERA of 1.33, the best in the Classic.
(3/15)

"WBC 2nd Round."
 Japan lost to the United States 4 - 3 under a controversial call
where the home plate umpire reversed a call. While Japan's
Asian Counterpart Korea beat United States 7 - 3 as they stay
as the only unbeaten team in the World Baseball Classic.
(3/13)

"Chitown Tornado."
Hideo Nomo signed a Minor League contract with the defending
World Champion Chicago White Sox, and currently training with
them in their Spring Training facility in Tucson, Arizona.
(3/6)
Nomo With White Sox

"More on WBC."
China showed why it shouldn't be in the WBC along
with South Africa over teams like Colombia or
Nicaragua who actually have decent baseball players
as they got crushed by Japan 18 - 2, by South Korea 10 - 1,
and by Taiwan 12 - 3. While Taiwan will not advance to the
next round as Japan beat them easily 14 - 3. In the final match
to determine the #1 team in Pool A, South Korea's slugger
Seung-Yeop Lee, who plays professionaly in Japan smacked
a 2 run homer off reliever Hirotoshi Ishii to help the South Korean
in a come from behind 3 - 2 victory, what an exciting game!
(3/5)

"World Baseball Classic, Or Not."
World Baseball Classic has began as action gets underway
in Pool A which the games are played in Tokyo, Japan.
Taiwan lost a tough game 2 - 0 to South Korea. The depth of
the Korean staff proved to be too much for Taiwan to handle
where 4 Major League Korean pitchers (Jae Seo, Byung-Hyun Kim,
Dae-Sung Koo, Chan Ho Park) combined for a 5 hits shutout.
In the other game, it was no surprise that Japan cruises by
China without any problem, as they won by the margin of 18 - 2,
and the game was called after 8 innings thanks to the mercy rule.
Ichiro went 1 for 6 with a RBI and two runs scored. One thing
they need to change for the next WBC in 2009 is get rid of the
ridiculous pitch count rule. No starting pitcher is going to pitch
more than 4 innings with the current pitch count rule they've.
(3/3)

"Taiwan Pictures."
Out of 100+ pictures that I have taken, check them out.

Gallery One

Gallery Two
(3/1)

"I'm back..."
 After 2 months of hiatus, I’m back from my trip to Taiwan. Things have
changed a lot since the last time I was there (12 years ago). I’ll post
some pictures next weekend when I get the time. Baseball season
is almost here as Spring Training and World Baseball Classic
are set to start in another 2 weeks. Japanese veterans Shinji Mori
(Devil Rays), Yusaku Iriki (Mets), and Takashi Saitoh (Dodgers)
have all signed to play in America, and couple Korean/Taiwanese
amateur players are signed and set to play in the Minors.
Akinori Otsuka and Keiichi Yabu will both switch league and teams
as Otsuka was traded to the Rangers and Yabu signed as a
free agent with the Rockies. More updates coming next weekend.
(2/17)