Little anecdote on Red Sox VP Bill James ...
In 1992, Dave Fleming had a "splash" rookie year for the M’s, going 17-10, 3.39. The reason that Fleming has always stuck in my mind was because of the memorable instinctiveness of a Bill James "ruling" on Fleming.
The Seattle cyber-sphere did a retro on Fleming recently, and looked about the landscape for a root cause of The Fleming Flameout,. Mostly, it blamed Bill Plummer (and other coaches) for Read more
Team Japan hasn't yet announced its roster, that I know of. Expected to play for Team Japan are Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, who have expressed their strong interest in competing.