Wednesday, March 22, 2006

The Universal Language of Sports


Japan is sending PlayStations...



Its been a minute since I posted for those of you religiously checking.

Anyone watching the WBC notice how racialized the commentary has been? I mean, its one thing to talk about how "disciplined" and "reserved" the Japanese team is but I think Joe Morgan took the cake last night when he said that the Japanese hitting approach was a direct result of their physical stature (oh those cute little yellow men). And Jayson Stark wrote that:

"The Japanese, on the other hand, often play the game like the men of science they are."

And that the Cubans "play baseball with a flair that separates them from every other country in the world" because of their African roots.







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