Comments on: Vanished Exiles: The Prewar Russian Community in Korea - REQUIRED READING!!! http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/01/02/vanished-exiles-the-prewar-russian-community-in-korea-required-reading/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Marmot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/01/02/vanished-exiles-the-prewar-russian-community-in-korea-required-reading/#comment-1279 The Marmot Sat, 03 Jan 2004 01:58:47 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=435#comment-1279 Oh pulled that shit twice - did it to Randy Bass during the '85 season and, from what I've read, his pitchers didn't give Tuffy Rhodes anything to hit in 2001, either. But I'll tell you, that 55 homer mark has got to be set in stone of something, because nobody can seem to break the damn thing - Alex Cabrera goes out and hits 55 home runs the next season. Nice to see Tyrone Woods hit 40 last year, though - he was like Mr. Doosan Bears while he was here in Korea. Who knows... I'm sure Lee Seung-yeop has his eyes on 56 next year. Personally, I don't think he'll come even close, but I've been wrong before. Oh pulled that shit twice - did it to Randy Bass during the ‘85 season and, from what I’ve read, his pitchers didn’t give Tuffy Rhodes anything to hit in 2001, either. But I’ll tell you, that 55 homer mark has got to be set in stone of something, because nobody can seem to break the damn thing - Alex Cabrera goes out and hits 55 home runs the next season. Nice to see Tyrone Woods hit 40 last year, though - he was like Mr. Doosan Bears while he was here in Korea.

Who knows… I’m sure Lee Seung-yeop has his eyes on 56 next year. Personally, I don’t think he’ll come even close, but I’ve been wrong before.

]]> By: Joel http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/01/02/vanished-exiles-the-prewar-russian-community-in-korea-required-reading/#comment-1278 Joel Fri, 02 Jan 2004 23:53:38 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=435#comment-1278 Thanks for extending the exile story in a direction new to me. I'd never heard of Starfin, or Kaneda either. Do you plan to blog about Kaneda? I grew up on Japanese baseball and sumo, watching Oh and Nagashima play when I was a kid, but lost all respect for Oh when as manager of my once-favorite Hawks he prevented a foreign player from breaking his own home-run record by not allowing his pitcher to pitch to him. Thanks for extending the exile story in a direction new to me. I’d never heard of Starfin, or Kaneda either. Do you plan to blog about Kaneda? I grew up on Japanese baseball and sumo, watching Oh and Nagashima play when I was a kid, but lost all respect for Oh when as manager of my once-favorite Hawks he prevented a foreign player from breaking his own home-run record by not allowing his pitcher to pitch to him.

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