if only... that covered Japanese Base Ball

[danny burstein]

[Kyodo news]

Baseball: Sachio "Iron Man" Kinugasa dies at 71

Tokyo - Hall of Famer Sachio Kinugasa, whose 2,215 consecutive games 
remain a Japanese record, died of colon cancer Monday aged 71, people 
familiar with the matter said.


Nicknamed "Iron Man," Kinugasa played for the Hiroshima Carp from 1965 to 
1987 and was the Central League's 1984 MVP. He is tied for fifth in hits 
in Nippon Professional Baseball history with 2,543, sixth in runs with 
1,372, and tied for seventh with 504 home runs

   
rest:
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/04/06b05227554b-baseball-iron-man-kinugasa-dead-at-71-source.html

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Re: (Canada) Guess what, Danny

[Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu)]

Hmmm.  I'm guessing that the panel that judges these things has to take points 
off for it being a *deliberate* crash.  I mean, that's *cheating*, isn't it?

-Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) (sigh, RIP)

P.S.  And, of course, if you were going for "The Sweet Hereafter", the van 
would have to stop to pick up people, and _then_ drive onto an ice-covered 
lake.  So, *that's* right out

P.S.2  Apparently, Kendis Gibson would rather FIGHT than SWITCH ;-)

From: Richard de Give 
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 2:51 PM

Just turned on the teevee and an American network is covering this. Alas, just 
a van, not a Mexican bus. And why was this the first place I thought of when I 
saw it was in Toronto?

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/toronto-van-incident/index.html?sr=twCNN042318undefined0228PMStory

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