Tag: npb
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Unfair Trade Advantage: Stadium Subsidies (Part 1 of 4)
by Robert Whiting (April 2008) – Yukan Fuji MLB enjoys certain benefits under U.S. law and custom that give it a decided advantage over the NPB in competition for the international market for players and for fans. NPB teams may be poor at making money through baseball, but the gap between them and MLB teams…
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You Gotta Have ‘Wa’ – Sports Illustrated original magazine scan
24th September 1979 At the time of publication, this article was the longest in Sports Illustrated history. The images below can be enlarged by clicking on them.
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Godzilla vs. the Americans – Time original magazine scan
28th April 2003 The images below can be enlarged by clicking them.
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Lost in Translation (II) – Sports Illustrated original magazine scan
6 June 2005 The image below can be enlarged by clicking it.
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Bowed But Never Bloodied – Sports Illustrated, original magazine scan
17 May 1976 The images below can be enlarged by clicking them.
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Platelets for Breakfast
Yukan Fuji, 2010 – Robert Whiting Have you ever heard of platelet-rich plasma injection therapy (PRP)? Neither have I – but a lot of people in MLB have. One of them is Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee who spent the first part of the season on the disabled list recovering from a severe strain in…