Starting Yakyu Column
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I'm a die-hard New York Met fan, and for the past few years my interest has spiked in Japanese baseball. (And as I say this, I am watching Kaz Matsui playing in a Met uniform - he's 1-1 with a single and a great diving play, but an errant throw which could have been saved by a good play by the first base, which was scored a hit.)
I've covered the Mets for NYFansonly.com/Yahoo! Sports for the past three years (you can find my archive here - theinsiders.com]), and I was offered a job, in addition to my writing for NYFansonly.com, to write for the web site BostonGM.com, which is also affiliated with Yahoo! Sports. I will be writing scouting reports for prospects, but I will also have my own regular column about baseball in general.
I have been given permission to include information, opinions, etc. about Yakyu, and although the column doesn't start until April, I'd like to know if anyone had any early story ideas. I am unable to read all the Yakyu news every day because I am unable to read kanji (I'm teaching myself Romanji very slowly), so if anyone could let me know about big stories and the details, I'd be very appreciative. My email is JDZakarin at yahoo d0t com, and I look forward to hearing from everyone and anyone.