Who is this man?
07/09/2007 @ 9:00 pm
He is Andy Lau, who finished first in a recent survey taken in China by a magazine that asked women aged 25 to 35 whose sperm they most desire for their babies.
The top 10 stud muffins in China are:
1. Andy Lau
2. Bill Gates
4. Liu Xiang
5. David Beckham
6. Li Ka-shing
7. Tony Leung
8. Louis Koo
9. Lee-hom Wang
10. Brad Pitt
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July 9th, 2007 at 11:48 pmThe man is one of the best leading men in Asia in the last 25 years.
July 10th, 2007 at 1:02 amHe should get a chance in Hollywood films like Chow Yun Fat.
…that asked women aged 25 to 35 whose sperm they most desire for their babies.
Why on earth would they want to give sperm to their babies?????
July 10th, 2007 at 8:30 pmMan. That Ichiro Suzuki (who just hit the first in-park home run in All Star (baseball) history) is mighty fine lookin’. And sweet little (literally… 5′9″ or about 178cm) Albuquerque Thunderbirds basketball player Yuta Tabuse (http://www.tabuseyuta.com/) is très mignon. Of course, I have t-shirts older than Yuta
I’d like to see *all* of Kazuhito Tadano, who’s currently doing very well as a pitcher for Oakland’s Triple-A Sacramento Rivercats. And I can if I can track down his gay porn video he did ‘because he was young, stupid and poor. And, by the way, *definitely* not gay.’ Baby, I wouldn’t care if you’re ‘gay for pay’ or not. I want to see just how well you… ah… pitch… or is that… catch
OK. Back to the drinking lemonade, lounging in my t-shirt and skirt slip and watching the All-Star game!
July 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pmWoh, Tadano is still playing in the USA? I was wondering what he was doing as we hear little or no news about him recently.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:21 pmWho in the minor leagues every gets newsplay? He’s, what, 26? Getting a bit old for a shot at the majors but you never know… .
Hey, the guy at least Englishes well enough that he didn’t seem to need a translator anymore in some of his more recent interviews.
No clue if he Frenches, though… .
Ach! I’m heat exhausted! I’m heat exhausted! I swear! Mind? Gutter. Gutter? Mind.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:53 pmthis should cool you down a bit B.W.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070710/ids_photos_sp/r442769375.jpg
July 11th, 2007 at 3:27 pmIchiro was selected as MVP in MLB All Star game. He is too good (in America). Please come back to Japan, Ichiro !!!
Yuhta Tabuse or Kazuhito Tadano in North America ? In Japan nobody is talking about them.
BTW, Betty Woo. Take a look at genuine kamasutra if you are wooed again.
July 11th, 2007 at 5:27 pmBill Gates at 2?!?!?!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:28 pmThen David Beckham ahead of Brad Pitt? The chinese are crazy!
TU: That was an amazing inside-the-park HR, wasn’t it? Didn’t even have to slide into home base. There’s no chance he’s going back to play in Japan. I thought he was up for a contract renewal soon?
July 12th, 2007 at 12:09 amOh, TofuUnion. You’re dreaming. Ichero can come back to Japan when he’s finished playing on the field. The Seattle Mariners are going to give him a lot a lot a lot of money in a new contract (probably *more* money than just last week after last night’s display of greatness), the team is doing well, Mike Hargrove has stepped down as manager (he and Ichero didn’t seem to “understand” each other) and, at this point, the American baseball league is simply a higher quality league to be in.
What I find interesting is that Tadano is obviously also a talented player and, even though he’s on a Triple-A team, it seems to me that he’s as good or better than many J-League pitchers. But is there any reason for him to return to Japan? Are any of the Japanese teams looking at him with the idea of bringing him home. He has the talent and experience… he’d be a great asset.
And you *have* to love Yuta Tabuse. The guy is shorter than the average American male and waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy shorter than the average basketball player. But there he was, playing a few games in the NBA before seeing sent to Albuquerque. In many ways, his accomplishments are more impressive than Ichiro who seems to have had baseball rammed into him from an early age (and from his father who did some pretty awful training things). But does Japan want Tabuse back? I don’t know… .
July 12th, 2007 at 4:22 amAfter experiencing life in the Bigs, why would Ichiro want to take a step down into the minor leagues (Japan Professional Baseball) anyway?
July 12th, 2007 at 8:06 amWell, I don’t know (or want to know) what his sperm is worth, but here’s some interesting analysis of what Ichiro’s batting is worth…
July 12th, 2007 at 1:57 pmhttp://ussmariner.com/2007/07/11/ichiro-20-million-a-year/
Oooooo… good analysis (and find), Mr. Pink!
If they get him to sign for that amount, I think they’ll be doing well. He’ll be close to Japan, he’ll be a star on an OK team, he’s hit a nice stride and I’d love to find out what his reasons are for sticking around. What I don’t know is how the other teams would have done when it comes to contracts n’ stuff. Who would have been the Mariners’ biggest rivals in the League to keep Ichiro?
July 12th, 2007 at 3:19 pm“why would Ichiro want to take a step down into the minor leagues”
well JP, one might ask the same question about David Beckham and L.A. Galaxy…..(Show-me-the-Money!!).
July 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pmYou mean it, JP. Japan was the champion of World Baseball Classics, however nobody really believed that Japan Professional Baseball league surpassed MLB. In fact, angry American all stars swept Japan all stars team at post season’s showdown in Japan last year.
I know too well that no Japanese team can afford paying such large amount of salary for a superstar like Ichiro. Only rich teams like Yankees, Red Socks or Mariners take the most talented players. It’s dull. My hometown team(Seibu Lions) lost Dice-K Matsuzaka. But it doesn’t matter because he wasn’t always that good as believed to be in the USA. Lions got enough money from Red Socks for it.
For the time being Japanese people are enjoying their country boys do well in North America or in Europe(like Scotland football league MVP Shunsuke Nakamura). But soon or later Japanese should recognize that homeland environment is more important. If talent-drain couldn’t be stopped, Japan
July 12th, 2007 at 5:29 pmProfessional Baseball or J-league(succor) would be miserable. (De facto Minor Leagues).
Remora,
The amount the Red Sox paid to Seibu for the right to negotiate with Matsuzaka is enough to play the salaries of Seibu’s entire baseball team for about five years.
If you want to maximize income in baseball, the Majors is the place to go.
July 12th, 2007 at 5:45 pmTU,
Only rich teams like Yankees, Red Socks or Mariners take the most talented players.
I think you may be confusing U.S. baseball with Japanese baseball.
If talent-drain couldn’t be stopped, Japan Professional Baseball or J-league(succor) would be miserable. (De facto Minor Leagues).
Japanese Professional Baseball is already a de facto minor league, in skill level, in technique, and, especially, in management philosophy.
July 12th, 2007 at 5:56 pmJP, J-League(succor) is definitely Minor League in the world.
American MLB is much better than Japanese Professional Major Baseball only in power and in management strategy.(That’s why there are several American managers and couches in Japan now). Japanese Major Baseball is better than American triple A in techniques and kill level. (Or, at least they try to do so.)
July 12th, 2007 at 6:27 pmOoops, Not kill level.
Correction:
Japanese Major Baseball is better than American triple A in Techniques and Skill level.
If Japanese Professional Baseball is already a de facto minor league, why does American MLB take Matsuzaka or Ichiro with such high salary ?
July 12th, 2007 at 6:34 pmTofuUnion: Why do MLB teams pay such high salaries to Ichiro & Matsuzaka?
Well, because they are superstars. In Ichiro’s case, proven; in Matsuzaka’s case, widely anticipated.
You are comparing two of the half-dozen best players NPB has ever produced (I’m counting in H.Matsui/Nomo/Oh/Nagashima) against the MLB average. Of course they become stars.
And, for argument’s sake, let’s accept that the top 30% of NPB players are more skilled than, say, all but the top 10% of AAA players.
It’s still going to be broadly true that the bottom 50% of NPB players are probably AA at best — just as the bottom 30% of MLB players would probably not shine in NPB (many examples, but let’s just take Orestes Destrade, a superstar with Seibu but couldn’t do much when he went to play for Miami).
It’s not just power. Kaz Matsui was a premier shortstop in Japan; he can’t play shortstop in MLB, even for the Rockies (where he has become a fine 2nd baseman). Even giving him the benefit of the doubt that he was nervous and psych’d out by the NY media, he’s obviously not as skilled as Jose Reyes.
Iwamura has become an excellent 3rd baseman with the Devil Rays, but I don’t think you could say he’s better than, to name a few: Mike Lowell, Melvin Mora, Joe Crede. Adrian Beltre (yeah, I’ve got an AL bias) or this year A-Rod. At the same level (so far) perhaps, but certainly not better.
The top NPB players will always be able to play in MLB, and will always want to because top athletes want to test themselves against top competition.
So obviously, with all its top players on the team, Japan will always be competitive with the U.S. in WBC — look at how the Devil Rays beat the Yankees and RedSox now and then. But over a 10 or 20 or 50-game series, the U.S. would have a huge advantage because the 10th best hitter in MLB is a lot better than the 10th best in NPB, and the same for pitching.
I don’t think anyone here is selling Japanese ballplayers short, and for sure the Mariners/RedSox/Yankees/Dodgers/DevilRays/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Rockies aren’t. (apologies if I missed anyone)
July 12th, 2007 at 11:40 pmI like Triple A-ish baseball. The parks are smaller and cheaper, there isn’t all this talk about money and steriods and crap.
Here in Vancouver, we have the Canadians, an Class-A affliate for the Oakland A’s. It’s $12.50 for the box seats, hot dogs & Coke are $37.50 (exagerating a bit) and Nat Bailey stadium is in a nice, cool, good location and has much ‘Ball Karma’.
My beloved Montreal Expos used to be $28.50 for the privilege of sitting in a concrete toilet bowl (*no* baseball karma at the Olympic Stadium) and watching jiggly girls bouncing their boobs in some sort of wacky dance since Guess jeans sponsored one of those between-innings things. Then they’d lose.
Which is sort of good since now I’m very satisfied if I can watch a game and see three good plays. And I have absolutely no guilt about leaving in the sixth inning if I feel like it… .
It was so nice to vlad guerrero at the All-Star game :::sigh:::.
July 12th, 2007 at 11:41 pmJust background: http://japaneseballplayers.com/en/ is a bilingual website tracking the exploits of Japanese players in MLB. There’s a Japanese-language podcast, too.
Hey, now that I think about it, if the Vancouver Canadians is the Class-A affiliate for the Oakland A’s… perhaps I’ll eventually end up seeing Kazuhito Tadano after all (if he gets worse).
July 13th, 2007 at 12:10 amTU,
If Japanese Professional Baseball is already a de facto minor league, why does American MLB take Matsuzaka or Ichiro with such high salary ?
Well, just like any other farm system, there are always a few players that stand out. Once such players are identified, they are brought up to the majors. Those who cannot make it in the majors are sent back down to the minors.
Japanese Major Baseball is better than American triple A in Techniques and Skill level.
Then why do they feel the need to limit the number of foreigner suketto (”helpers,” not “players”) on each team? With superior skill and technique, they should not feel threatened by foreign players.
You know, TU, I was so happy when Ichiro broke the record for the most hits in a season a few years ago. The American fans stood and cheered. The family of the man whose record he broke were on hand to congratulate him.
Contrast this to what happens in Japan. Any foreign batter who gets within striking distance of Sadaharu Oh’s single season “record” of 55 homers is walked, and walked, and walked again. This happened to Randy Bass, Alex Cabrera, and Tuffy Rhodes.
You can argue all you want whether or not such practices make Japan Professional Baseball minor league, but I don’t think there is any doubt at all that JPB is definitely bush league.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:15 amso about how much would that be based around this figure of $2.5/3 million a season?.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/charts/salary/major_league_salaries.shtml
($25-35 mill x 5…Gosh! that’s a lot of money!)
rem.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:36 amso about how much would that be
How much would WHAT be?
July 13th, 2007 at 11:05 amthis amount “The amount the Red Sox paid to Seibu” - sorry for being so vague - it comes with advanced age…
July 13th, 2007 at 11:14 amNo problem, rem. There was a time long ago when I was a bit sharper and might have been able to pick up on it. . .
July 13th, 2007 at 12:21 pmThanks for civil comments, Mr. Pink and JP. You know much better about baseball.(I shouldn’t have commented on this subject). It’s obvious that American baseball has far more depth and richer culture than Japan baseball.
July 13th, 2007 at 5:58 pm:shock:Ichiro’s gonna get $100 million:shock: for a five-year contract (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/323626_ichiro14.html).
Not bad for a guy who’s doing the baseball equivalent of being a company man; two teams over a 19- or 20-year career.
If that doesn’t inspire Japanese baseball players, nothing will.
Or… he’s a freak.
A good-looking, rich freak.
Life is tough, huh?
July 14th, 2007 at 6:09 amIchiro is an exceptional baseball freak. Life isn’t tough, unless you commit yourself to something.
July 14th, 2007 at 7:54 am