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Old timers
In the Japan Times December 11th issue there is an interesting article written by Marty Kuehnert concerning how Japanese fans and press sacrifice appreciation for the past for the "glitter" of the present in baseball and in general.
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Re: Old timers
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Dec 12, 2002 1:18 AM
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I forgot to mention that Kuehnert's article was in reference to a Old Boys Game that pitted the Gaijin: Randy Bass, Boomer Wells, Jack Bloomfield, Leron Lee, Leon Lee, Gene Bacque, etc. vs. the Japanese: Keishi Suzuki, Maisaaki Koyama, Tetsuya Yoneda, Masaichi Kaneda, Sadaharu Oh, Isao Harimoto, Yutaka Fukumoto, Yoshinori Hirose, etc.
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[ Author: CFiJ | Posted: Dec 12, 2002 9:59 AM
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Is Kuehnert high? When I was in Japan I felt that the press and fans focused overwhelmingly on the past at the expense of the very good players of today. It got particularly bad in 2000, when all you heard about was Nagashima and Oh, and their teammates, and their opponents, and so on, and so on...
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