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Israeli Baseball Keeps On Keeping On

The Israeli Baseball League was a minor topic of fascination among baseball people for a year or so, but in 2007 the league collapsed financially. Apparently Israeli market demand for second-tier baseball players dueling on half-groomed baseball fields is low. Who knew? So Israeli baseball went away, seemingly forever, and...

International Pastime: 16-Year-Old Japanese Girl Trying to Go Pro

International Pastime looks at baseball's influence outside the U.S.There are few pitches as strength-agnostic as the knuckleball. Get a good knuckleball, and you can look like John Daly's fat cousin and still probably end up making money to play baseball. It's a golden ticket, that knuckler. Use it wisely. That's...

International Pastime: Pitcher Is Latest American Job to Be Outsourced to India

International Pastime looks at baseball's influence outside the U.S.In recent years we've seen quite an influx of international players in Major League Baseball, with most of the players coming from the Oriental countries of Asia. You have your Daisukes, your Ichiros, your Fukudomes, and your Wangs along with many other...

International Pastime: Japan Imposes Ban on Players Returning From U.S.

International Pastime looks at baseball's influence outside the U.S.You've probably noticed over the last few years there have been a lot more players in MLB with names that are hard to pronounce, or just sound dirty. Yes, Japan is quickly becoming the new Latin America as just about every team these days is adding a...

International Pastime: Will Junichi Tazawa Change Japanese Baseball Forever?

International Pastime looks at baseball's influence outside the U.S.For years major league teams have honored a handshake agreement with Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) not to sign Japanese amateur prospects. Once a player signs in Japan, he's not eligible to test free agency for nine years, meaning any player...

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DAILYFINANCE

Before You Cheer IRS Budget Cuts, Consider This

Congress is cutting the budget of the Internal Revenue Service.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

The Top Five Comedy Nerds On TV (VIDEO)

Of all the left-brained downers that are killing our favorite pastimes, the comedy nerd community is the most obsessive.

THE BOOMBOX

Lil Wayne Nominated for Bowling Hall of Fame

Lil Wayne has been nominated for induction into the International Bowling Hall of Fame. Wayne has been selected, along with a group of celebrities which includes Michael Jordan, Justin Bieber , Miley Cyrus , Lady Gaga , Kim Kardashian , Bill Murray and of course, the dude himself, Jeff Bridges, as nominees, in an attempt...

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08/17/11 Sports Tonight: National and international pastimes Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA (08-17) 15:43 PDT -- Baseball - the national pastime (unless you think it's the NFL) - and soccer - the international pastime - dominate the screen this afternoon and evening.