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Archived News of Frank's Field of Dreams
"The Old Reflector"
"Saturday Summary."
Chien-Ming Wang was poised during his
anticipated
Major League debut, but thanks
to
Tom "Flash" Gordon
who gave up a HR to Corey Koskie, he received a
no-decision
as the
Yankees won it out with one out in the 9th inning
over the Blue Jays,
4 - 3. At the Nation's
Capital, Tomo Ohka
pitched six shutout innings to help the Nationals past the
Mets,
5 - 3.
Over in Oakland, Keiichi Yabu, the sixth reliever used by
the Athletics got the
win as
the Athletics returned the
favor to the Mariners,
6 - 5, Ichiro had two hits in the loss.
(4/30)
"Friday Roundup."
So many games to report so I'll keep it
simple. Jae Seo
allowed a couple
solo blasts and Mets
suffered the loss
to the Nationals,
5 - 1. Hideo Nomo got off
to a bad start
and Devil Rays'
hitters didn't help any as the Orioles won by
a
shutout
5 - 0. In Chicago, Tadahito Iguchi
had a good day
at the plate but his
fellow Japanese teammate gave up the
winning
run, the
White Sox slipped to the
Tigers,
3 - 2. At
home in Arlington, Texas, Chan Ho Park struck
out a
season high
seven batters to notch his 3rd victory of the
season in the Rangers'
7 - 2
victory over
the Red Sox. Over in
the west coast, Ichiro had three hits and
drove in two runs
to
help the Mariners get by the Athletics,
4 - 2. Hee Seop Choi
continued his hot streak in the
batters' box as he belted a
Grand Slam to help the Dodgers conquered the
Rockies,
6 - 3.
(4/29)
"Sheriff Ichiro in Town."
Ichiro took matters into his own hands
hitting a go-ahead
homer in the 8th inning. Mariners top the Rangers,
4 - 1.
(4/28)
"Taiwan Yankee."
Chien-Ming Wang learned that he would start
for
the Yankees this
weekend when his manager at
Triple-A Columbus, Bucky Dent, pulled
him aside to
deliver the news that he was headed for the Bronx.
(4/27)
Wang to make first Yankees start
"West Side Story."
Akinori Otsuka suffered the L when he
allowed the winning
run in the 8th. Padres lose one to the Giants,
6 - 5.
(4/26)
"CHOIce of Power."
Hee Seop Choi raised his batting average 60
points
with
his first four-hit game,
which included a solo blast.
However, Dodgers lost the game,
3 - 2 to the Diamondbacks.
(4/26)
"Sunday Sum-Up."
Shingo Takatsu retired the side in order for
his 6th save to help
the
White Sox sweep the
Royals,
4 - 3. Hideo Nomo struggled
early, but kept the
Devil Rays in the game until Lance Carter
started to throw at Red Sox batters
intentionally. Devil Rays lost
11 - 3. Once again, Byung-Hyun
Kim couldn't get any
batters out
and blew another save as Rockies bowed to the
Dodgers,
8 - 6.
(4/24)
"Weekend Update."
Chan Ho Park overpowered the Yankees lineup
and collected
his 2nd win of the season.
Rangers
cruised by Yankees,
10 - 2.
Jae Seo beat his Asian counterpart Tomo Ohka, where
the Mets
doubled up the Nationals,
10 - 5. Chin-Hui Tsao recorded his 2nd
save in as many
opportunities to help the Rockies take down
the Dodgers,
8 - 6. Akinori Otsuka
took
the loss as he gave up the
game winning run in the Padres'
2 - 1 defeat by the Diamondbacks.
(4/23)
"Battle of A's."
Japanese import Keiichi Yabu, who threw two
scoreless innings
in relief,
earned his 1st Major League victory. Athletics' closer
Octavio Dotel,
who picked
up his 4th save in four chances
this year, presented Yabu with
the game ball.
Athletics won
the battle of the A's, beating the now "LA" Angels,
4 - 3.
(4/22)
"Give me Five!"
Shingo Takatsu working a perfect 9th inning
for his 5th save of
the season White Sox sweep the series from the Tigers,
4 - 3.
(4/21)
"Opportunity Knocks."
A knock on the door at his Tacoma apartment
this morning started
one
of the most memorable
days of Shin-Soo Choo's baseball career.
(4/20)
Choo called up from Tacoma
"Tornado VS. Godzilla."
Mark Hendrickson's shoulder stiffness forced
Hideo Nomo to
make an emergency
start
in the Bronx, setting up the dream
Japanese matchup of Nomo VS. Hideki
Matsui.
Nomo, coming off an
atrocious start in Boston pitched effectively into the 6th
inning
on
just three days rest to help the Devil Rays end an 11 games
losing streak at Yankee Stadium
with a
6 - 2 win over Yankees.
(4/19)
"22."
April 19th is a day on which many
MLB players
share a birthday.
Most notable are Frank Viola,
Jose Cruz jr., Joe Mauer, etc.,
As I turn the big 22 I feel a little bit old
around my
University
campus. Well, there is only a week left before graduation and
say good-bye to a place that I've spent the last four years in.
(4/19)
"Monday Recap."
3 losses and 1 save sums up the day. Shingo
Takatsu is the
only bright spot where
he earned his 4th save of the season in
White Sox's
5 - 4 victory over the Twins.
Tomo Ohka, Kaz Ishii,
and Chan Ho Park all took the L as the Marlins cruise by
the
Nationals,
9 - 4. Phillies edged the Mets,
5 - 4. And Athletics
defeated the Rangers,
8 - 5. So
Taguchi made the start at the
right field for the Cardinals and responded
with
3 hits and
3 RBIs with a run scored. Cardinals destroyed the Pirates,
11 - 1.
(4/18)
"Ichi-Gone."
Ichiro started the game with a solo blast
for his 1st homer of the
season. He finished
the game 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI.
Ichiro's Japanese
counterpart
Tadahito Iguchi also had a good day
at the plate by going 3 for 3
with
a run and a RBI.
Mariners held
off the White Sox's late rally and won the game by a run,
5 - 4.
(4/17)
"Giant Stomp."
Byung-Hyun Kim continued the Rockies'
bullpen
struggle. He blew the
save
opportunity as the
Rockies bowed to divisional opponent Giants,
8 - 6.
(4/17)
"Close the Deal."
Chin-Hui Tsao, in his first save opportunity
of the season, gave up
Michael Tucker's two-run homer in the ninth but had just enough
to
wrap up the Rockies'
5 - 4 win over the Giants at Coors Field.
(4/16)
"Boston's Party."
No doubt Tampa Bay knew when they signed
Hideo Nomo
he would have a few
off nights. inconsistency and trouble
finding the strike zone ended his start in just
two innings. The
Devil Rays got rocked by the Red Sox,
10 - 0 in Fenway Park.
(4/15)
"Win, Loss, No Decision & Homer."
What a busy day as Tomo Ohka helped the
Nationals to
beat divisional foe Braves
11 - 4. Chan Ho Park also
helped his Rangers beat their divisional foe Angels
7 - 5.
Byung-Hyun Kim continued his inconsistency as he issued
four walks in one inning of
relief and the Rockies got beat
by the Diamondbacks
5 - 2. Kaz Ishii held his own in a
pitcher's duel against Roger Clemens, but finished with a
no decision in Mets'
1 - 0 win over the Astros.
Hee Seop Choi
had a solo blast in Dodgers'
4 - 1 win over the Giants.
(4/13)
"Mr. Spoiler."
Japanese closer Shingo "Mr. Zero" Takatsu
came in
again to face
the
final
batter of the game as he used a
total of five pitches to strikeout
Aaron Boone
to end the
game. White Sox spoiled Indians' home opener,
2 - 1.
(4/11)
"Amazing Mets."
Kaz Matsui hit a tiebreaking single with two
outs in the 8th
to
key another Mets'
comeback. Matsui also drove in a run with
a bunt single. Mets won their 2nd game in
a row after dropping
their first five games of 2005. Mets defeats the Astros,
8 - 4.
(4/11)
"Dream Come True."
Norihiro Nakamura's dream came true when
Triple-A Las Vegas
manager
Jerry Royster knocked on his door with news he was
going to the Major Leagues.
Nakamura responded by getting
a hit during his first career AB as a Major League ball player.
(4/10)
Nakamura replaces Perez
"Brotherly Love?"
So Taguchi had a pinch hit homer but the
Cardinals
still got vanquished by the Phillies
13 - 4.
(4/10)
"Shingo Saves."
Shingo Takatsu came in during 9th inning
with two outs and
struck out the only batter he faced with four pitches to earn
his 2nd
save of the season. White Sox hold on to beat the Twins,
8 - 5.
(4/9)
"Be-Deviled."
Hideo Nomo made his first start as a Devil
Ray and pitched
six innings, allowing just one hit, and two walks while striking out
four to get the win. Devil Rays crushed the Athletics,
11 - 2.
(4/9)
"Gone-Zilla."
Hideki Matsui hit his third homer of
the year, a
solo
shot in the ninth, off
reliever B.J. Ryan.
But
Yankees got spanked by the Orioles,
12 - 5.
(4/8)
"Ohka, Oh-No!"
Tomo Ohka, who had one of the five hits,
gave up three runs
in six
solid innings. However, Nationals got shutout
9 - 0 by the
Marlins
on Dontrelle Willis' complete game shutout performance.
(4/8)
"Red Alert."
Kaz Ishii allowed just two hits in his first
New York start,
but
the Reds put the game away late to down Mets,
6 - 1.
(4/7)
"Back-to-Back."
Hideki Matsui blasted a two-run home
run, his second
in as
many games. Yankees prevails the Red Sox
4 - 3.
(4/5)
"Save Master."
Shingo Takatsu pitched a perfect
ninth inning for his first save,
ending the game when defensive replacement Ross Gload
made
a diving stop on Coco Crisp's grounder to first and flipped to
Takatsu covering the bag. White Sox shut down the Indians,
1 - 0.
(4/4)
"Solo Act."
Kaz Matsui had a solo blast in his
first AB of 2005
season.
However, Mets bow to the
Reds,
7 - 6. Dae Sung Koo
made
his Major League debut by pitching a perfect inning.
(4/4)
"Viva Las Vegas!"
Japanese All-Star third baseman
Norihiro Nakamura,
who failed to make the
Dodgers' Opening Day
roster, accepted his assignment to AAA-Las Vegas.
(4/4)
Nakamura headed to Las Vegas
"Hit-Deki."
Hideki Matsui went 3 for 5 with a homer and
3 runs scored.
He also played stellar
defense as he robbed a homer from
Kevin Millar, which saved the Yankees 2 runs.
Yankees romped
the Red Sox,
9 - 2 on opening night of 2005 baseball season.
(4/3)
"2005 FEH."
I finished up the 2005 Far East Heroes
section, more information
will be added
later as the season goes on, all individual
Major League Asian players' news
featured on MLB
will now
be posted as hyperlink under that particular players'
name.
While Minor League Asian players' news will still be on this page.
(4/3)
"New Features."
I've made the website to fit in most screen
resolutions so 99%
of the
time it should
come out ok, but for best viewing it's still
on 1024 x 768
resolution with IE browser.
I've also created an
archived page for
new readers to see what happened in the past.
(3/31)
Trading Blocks."
The Colorado Rockies added pitching depth
and experience by
acquiring Byung-Hyun Kim from the Boston Red Sox.
(3/30)
Rockies add Kim to bullpen mix
"Ready to Start."
Hideo Nomo made his last spring start
for the Devil Rays, and
though the results were not pleasing, the outcome for the
veteran
right-hander was the fifth spot in the Devil Rays' rotation.
(3/29)
Notes: Nomo will be fifth starter
"Yabu's Taboo."
Yabu signed a guaranteed
$1
million deal in the offseason,
so he's
a virtual
lock to make the big league roster, but
manager Ken Macha sounded
less
than confident about
using the newcomer in high-pressure situations.
(3/29)
Notes: Yabu will not be a starter
"Record Breaker."
In his pursuit of an 84-year-old record
considered
by many as unbreakable,
Mariners right fielder
Ichiro took his hitting genius to a higher level.
(3/29)
'Splendid' summer in sight for Ichiro
"My Wonderful Weekend."
My weekend started on Thursday night as you
know it is the
Easter
weekend.
I spend all of Friday hanging out with
my
friends/neighbor,
and thanks to Andy, who
introduce me
to a couple good Asian movies, I don't
keep up with the Asian
film markets
anymore after I moved to the US
almost 11 years
ago so watch some of the movies
Andy's got was quite fun.
One Nite in Mongkok
was a
action/drama movie starred
Cecilia Cheung,
whom I know consider as the hottest young
movie star in Asia.
I watched
some others but that was my
favorite of all. On Saturday, I got up with Kevin and we decided
to go watch the ECU baseball game here in town, and
I didn't
know
Ricky
from my business advertising class was the
starting
pitcher until the game
started, and
he pitched a one-hitter!
I had a great
dinner Sunday as Adrianna
invited
me and some
of her friends to eat at
her friend's Apartment. Oh yeah,
UNC's basketball
team is in Final Four again, and
I still beating
my roommate in MVP Baseball 2005 like he's
only 12 years old.
I also spend some time creating the 2005 Far East Heroes page.
(3/28)
"Spring-Roll."
Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak
to
16
games, a Mariners Spring Training record.
(3/27)
Notes: Ichiro does Griffey one better
"Sharp Southpaw."
Kaz Ishii made his Mets debut Sunday on a minor league
field before
a few dozen fans, coaches and members of
the media. It certainly
wasn't the way he expected to
pitch for the first time in a Mets uniform,
but in the end,
the results and not the venue were all that mattered.
(3/27)
Notes: Ishii sharp in minor start
"Still Settling."
Chin-Hui Tsao is figuring out the ins
and
outs associated with the closer spot.
(3/23)
Notes: Tsao still settling into role
(3/25)
Notes: Tsao's status uncertain
(3/28)
Notes: Tsao waiting for MRI
"New
Slogan."
I've changed the slogan for the website,
from "Where Words
Have Meaning."
to "If I build it, you'll come." similarly to
the movie Field of Dreams.
But
everything that's on the
website still have a great meaning of them own.
(3/24)
"Hitman."
The hits keep coming for the amazing
Ichiro.
(3/22)
Ichiro's batting like it's 2004
"Meet the New Met."
When asked what he knew about
the Mets, he
said he was aware
they
had improved this winter
and that he was here to pitch for a ring.
(3/21)
New Met Ishii ready to 'pitch for a ring'
The
Mets need a pitcher so they traded Jason Phillips for
southpaw
Kaz Ishii to anchor the back end of the starting rotation.
(3/20)
Mets, LA make Ishii deal official
"Sizzling
Spring."
Ichiro raised his spring batting
average to an
American League-best .529 this weekend. He has
hit in every game he's played this spring, establishing
an 11-game Cactus League hitting streak.
(3/19)
Ichiro in midseason form
"Gone-zilla."
Hideki Matsui had a great day as he
went yard
and Godzilla helped
Taiwanese pitcher
Chien-Ming Wang win his third game of this spring.
(3/19)
Matsui powers Yanks' win over Tribe
"Future is Now."
It's been obvious throughout
camp the Colorado Rockies
wanted
to name Chin-Hui Tsao their closer going into 2005.
He's performed well enough to warrant the opportunity.
(3/18)
Rockies' closer: Tsao -- for now
"Second to None."
Tadahito Iguchi played flawlessly in
the field as he continues to
find his comfort level with each passing Cactus League contest,
and searches for a higher degree of defensive aggressiveness.
(3/15)
Notes: Iguchi currently starter at second
"Almost Perfect."
Chan Ho Park wasn't perfect, but
he came very close.
(3/14)
Park is outstanding
"Baseball Perspectives."
To date, 20 Japanese have appeared
in the big leagues.
Masanori Murakami,
a San Francisco Giants curiosity in
1964, preceded Hideo Nomo.
The 18
others followed
Nomo, signed in 1995 by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
(3/13)
Nomo broke ground for Japan
Frank's Field of Dreams used to be on
Geocities
until
March of 2005, due to
limited
disk space and data
transfer limit, no archived news were saved back then.
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