Trip booked, travel agent’s Tokyo office is getting us “great seats” for the game mentioned in the title. I’m beyond excited. Whose name should I get on my Carp jersey? I’m leaning toward Kenta Maeda, last year’s Sawamura Award winner (the NPB Cy Young).

I know this should probably just be an update to the last post, but since I don’t post here enough anyway I thought I should pad things out again. So the Carp play 3 homestands around the time we plan to be in Japan, so I have a choice of games. Depending on our schedule, [...]

I’m in the process of finalizing a trip to Japan in late May, and the travel agency tells me they will do their best to book tickets for me to attend a Hiroshima Toyo Carp game, schedule permitting. Damn. Now I’m going to have to learn one of those fight songs! I don’t want to [...]

Somehow Sports Radio Guy ended up mutating into Crazy Workout Guy.

Remember when he said to make monsters in your children’s book goofy instead of pants-shittingly-scary? The Japanese are so weird:

Dare I say it? Coming soon…

by Roscoe Stoneman, award-winning writer of children’s literature and author of the bestselling Wikipedia Brunette series of juvenile mysteries The last time I posted, I gave you some tips on how to write successful children’s books. Equally important is how to sell children’s books, because let’s face it: the only reason anyone writes this stuff [...]

Sporko caught this awesome bit of Carptacular athleticism, which reminds me that I haven’t been posting about my beloved Hiroshima Toyo Carp lately. Seems like the Mighty Carp are humming along at their customary .380 winning percentage. Sure, that’s a lousy record, but a) it’s the Carp’s lousy record, and they own it with great [...]

Maybe even this guy.