Japan 'loses' the World Series

[Taro Toporific]

I was gettin' real tired of Japanese cheering for their damn Matsui and mistranslation of the word "Marlin" into a kind of tuna...

Marlins Top Yanks to Win World SeriesAP News
Oct 26, 1:16 AM (ET)NEW YORK (AP) - The wild-card Florida Marlins wrapped up their wild ride with a most improbable World Series championship, stunning the New York Yankees 2-0 Saturday night...
'Godzilla' has given Japan strong case of baseball fever Washington Post / Oct 25...Matsui, a 29-year-old left fielder from a tiny town near the Sea of Japan, has swept up this island nation. Baseball-crazy Japan has long winced at its reputation as a nation of watchers rather than players, a place where local leagues were known more as receptacles for second-rate U.S. players than as galaxies of stars.

[GuyJean]

Marlins Top Yanks to Win World SeriesAP News
Oct 26, 1:16 AM (ET)

yay! I'm so glad the Yanks choked. Those young Marlins made them look like bumbling idiots.. Still, it should've been Cubs-Red Sox.

GJ

[cstaylor]

Steinbrenner is gonna be pissed...