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  • Strike Three – Yukan Fuji

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    By Robert Whiting (2009) As many of you vividly recall, Ichiro Suzuki was thrown out of a game late in the season for arguing a called third strike, the first ejection in his entire baseball playing career. According to present MLB custom, it is absolutely forbidden to argue judgement calls—which include called balls and strikes—so…

  • Japan’s No-Strike Zone – The New York Times

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    By Robert Whiting (10 Oct, 1994) The long baseball season is finally at an end. On Oct. 22, the two league champions will face each other in the first game of the annual best-of-seven fall classic to determine the professional baseball championship. Although tickets are all but sold out, millions of viewers will be able…